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- From: crkuntz@sgiis4.sdrc.com (Shane Kuntz)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: History of Computing at the Smithsonian
- Date: 1 Mar 1996 01:14:21 GMT
- Organization: SDRC
- Sender: crkuntz@sgiis4 (Shane Kuntz)
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- In article <1369.6631T1075T886@netspace.net.au>, astroboy@netspace.net.au (Paul Dossett) writes:
- |> Nathanael J Henderson (nahender@prairie.NoDak.edu) said:
- |> >B E Verins (beverins@aol.com) wrote:
- |> >: Nathaniel Henderson pointed out:
- |>
- |> > Attachment to a TV? Heck, my '83(?) Apple IIc does that. :-) Matter
- |> >of fact, video output to TVs was fairly common on early (read: primative)
- |> >computers. Hmm.... My Apple IIc does animations. It does sound. It
- |> >outputs to TV. And it predates the Amiga if I'm not mistaken. :-) But
- |> >OOPS! It doesn't multitask, and as any fanatical Amigan with nothing else
- |> >left to recomend their platform knows, multitasking isn't just
- |> >something--it's the ONLY thing. ;-)
- |>
-
- I wonder why so many products are sold to the current big platforms that allow
- them to output to tape then? Hmm... maybe being able to get your animations/
- titles/video/graphics/sound onto a video cassette or a tv screen is a good
- thing. primative? hardly. :) Those scan converters are still selling, right?
-
-
- |> Erm.... it emulates a Mac too... ;)
- |>
- |> What else can I say about them? hmmm... plays some lovely games, great OS,
- |> lovely community atmosphere, shame about the software support and current air of
- |> gloom and doom..
- |>
- hmmm.. the only gloom and doom I see comes from other platform users. :)
-
- oh.. I see gloom too but that's a new game. (deluxe)
-
- |> > Nope. (The arrogance!) ;-) Multitasking is NOT needed for
- |> >multimedia. Never has been, never will be. (You will note Quicktime is
- |> >manages sound, video, MIDI, text overlays, and sprites simultaniously.)
- |>
- now, isn't doing things simultaneously (correct spelling) multitasking? :)
-
- Shane
-
- PS: sorry for barging in on another's reply to you but I just couldn't help
- it! :)
-
- |> I notice the Mac version of Quicktime loses all sound when you select another
- |> window! Mmmmmmm... impressive!
- |>
- |>
- |> --
- |> Paul Dossett | EpiphoneYamahaPearlPaiste | Amiga 2000/040/17/365/3.1 __
- |> -------------| Amiga owner since 1988! | Amiga CD32/020/10/200/3.1__///
- |> Melbourne OZ | astroboy@netspace.net.au | 1976 Toyota Corolla 1.2 \XX/
- |>
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