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- From: lolsen@hsr.no (Lasse Olsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Date: 4 Apr 1996 17:52:43 GMT
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- David Corn (dcorn@paradise.pplnet.com) wrote:
- : On 1 Apr 1996 15:38:28 GMT, lolsen@hsr.no (Lasse Olsen) wrote:
-
- : >: It's no ignorence. Everything else is a customized graphics mode.
- : >: The 640x400 is the maximum practical non-overscanned resolution of the
- : >: non-AGA Amiga.
- : >
- : > How about 640x512...? ;P
-
- : 50 Hz, flickery PAL. Yes.
-
- Still practical.
-
- : >: Yes, my Amiga did 724x484, but I suspect most Amiga
- : >: owners didn't fiddle quite as much with it as I did.
- : >
- : > But now they do, and 800x600I is quite usable.
-
- : If amazingly slow, yes. And don't forget the Hz refresh rate. :(
-
- In practice no slower than 640x400.
-
- : >: It's pathetic compared with what's on the PC. If you think otherwise
- : >: you just haven't seen anything other than Netscape. Try webbing over
- : >: to www.windows95.com.
- : >
- : > What exacly are you refering to?
-
- : Err...the World Wide Web?
-
- Not that much of a problem, neither is Java (P'Java) it seems.
-
- : Or, what software?
-
- And video?
-
- : Go to the
- : Networking/Internet section, and just look around. Just LOOK at all
- : the cool stuff, Juergen.
-
- Juergen? hehe. BTW, there is a world outside networking you
- know - although it might be somewhat difficult to see
- hen surfing on the net.
-
- : > But, I tried installing a Mitsumi Q-speed on a Win95 Siemens
- : > P133 the other day, and it removed my mouse-driver.
- : > After I reinstalled the driver it worked fine, right up until
- : > the moment when my senior officer rebooted the machine and the
- : > mouse was dead again.
- : > He is NOT a computer illiterate but ended up reinstalling Win95.
- : > No virus that we're aware of - go figure...
-
- : I haven't the slightest idea how an IDE CDROM with an ALREADY
- : ESTABLISHED IDE port and IRQ can screw up a serial mouse with an
- : ALREADY ESTABLISHED serial port and IRQ. I'd want to look at those
- : machines. If you're on the Internet, put C-ME or somesuch from
- : Falleron on there and I'll look at them sometime over the Internet.
-
- They are not connected I'm afraid, but our local PC-Guru
- is digging into it.
- But thanks anyway.
-
- : >: Putting up with crap is why I got sick of the Amiga. No software, no
- : >: hardware, too expensive.
- : >
- : > Microsoft are less "crappy" you feel?
-
- : MS's great. It works fine, and fast, the first time, every time.
- : Win95's great.
-
- Er.. WinWord fast? Hehe... Windows? Works fine? Hehe...
- You crack me.
- Cheers...
-