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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
- Date: 22 Mar 1996 17:42:13 +0100
- Organization: dis-
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- mwm@contessa.phone.net (Mike Meyer) writes:
-
- >> >You're wrong. I bought an Amiga to run NetBSD. I bought it to run
- >> >software which runs under NetBSD.
- >> Well, then you are an exception to the rule and I wonder why you
- >> didn't buy a faster 486 for NetBSD for the same price.
-
- >Is saying "an exception to the rule" your way of saying "I was wrong
- >but won't admit it"?
-
- Believe what you want. First we were talking about EC030 in the
- Walker instead of a full 030. Reasoning was that you want the
- MMU for UNIX, however, IMHO noone would buy an Amiga for UNIX,
- and that's more or less true. If you got an A3000 at a fire sale
- or second hand then this is an exception and doesn't invalidate
- my statement.
-
- >As for why I chose what I did - first, the faster 486 for the same
- >price didn't exist.
-
- Maybe you just looked in your nearest neighbourhood ? Sorry. Here
- you could always buy 486s cheaper than A3000s and that includes
- a reasonable SCSI controller (and whatever you find in an A3000).
- And this was even valid when C= dumped A3000s at $1000 or less.
-
- >> >Sorry, but you can install NetBSD on an 80 meg drive. It's just not
- >> >very useful afterwards.
- >> Not much of a difference, no ? Besides, with _just an 80M drive_ you
- >> do not have 80MB for NetBSD unless you dare to boot from floppy.
-
- >No more than the difference between right and wrong.
-
- Come on. Even you should notice that we were talking about people
- that want to do something with their computer. Insisting on theoretical
- possibilities just to prove me wrong is insane.
-
- >That it's not usefull for real work after I install it means you were
- >wrong.
-
- I can't see that.
-
- --
- Michael van Elst
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