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- Path: grafix.xs4all.nl!john.hendrikx
- Date: Sun, 21 Jan 96 19:18:22 GMT+1
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- Subject: Re: Why Amiga and why it is.
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- From: john.hendrikx@grafix.xs4all.nl (John Hendrikx)
- Message-ID: <john.hendrikx.4833@grafix.xs4all.nl>
- Organization: Grafix Attack BBS Holland
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- In a message of 20 Jan 96 Pat Kushko wrote to All:
-
- >> 1. Good and fast browsers do not exist
-
- PK> The end of the month something called Ibrowse will make it's way to the
- PK> net, beta of this browser has already stirred comments.
-
- I've heard rumours of a browser not using MUI but with forms and all that
- called 'AWeb'. From what I've heard it is very stable, much faster than Mosaic
- and uses a lot less memory.
-
- >> 4. They are not that easy to upgrade. Try adding a graphics card to an
- >> A1200
-
- PK> I doesn't need one. It's all in the box, thankfully. The A4000T with
- PK> slots fills some needs.
-
- So, what if I am a 1200 user and I scream 'I want a gfx-card to do 24-bit
- stuff', then you tell me 'it doesn't need one'? If the need is there then you
- can't ignore it just because it isn't possible.
-
- >> 8. Amiga games suck compared to the onse in the PC world
-
- PK> Another Doom fanatic? The mind is a terrible thing to waste.
-
- There are lots of non-DOOM games on the clones which turn Amiga games to shame.
- It certainly isn't all DOOM, but if you want DOOM it's there. For example, if
- you liked Dune 2, then you can get several games on the clones in the same
- category (WarCraft and Command & Conquer to name a few).
-
- >> 3. Segate EIDE 1.08 G HD: $208 (single platter, 10.5 ms, 256K)
-
- PK> Cheap drive, the new SCSI's are nicer and more reliable.
-
- Oh please, that's a myth by now. EIDE drives are simply cheaper because they
- are sold more (like 5-10 times more than SCSI probably), not because the
- quality is worse or anything. In Europe (Germany) IDE's are usually 25-100%
- cheaper. (It seems that in the USA this difference is much smaller).
-
- Grtz John
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