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- From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E. "Rick" Taylor, IV)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Amiga Technology is insulting!!y
- Date: 11 Apr 1996 14:50:43 GMT
- Organization: The Romulan Star Empire
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- References: <1996Mar9.164206.53264@cobra.uni.edu> <DoB0sw.CxI@bton.ac.uk> <4jvh78$8gn@mack.rt66.com> <1996Apr4.001549.53820@cobra.uni.edu> <4kd18u$kl3@toad.stack.urc.tue.nl> <4kdrnr$ipf@hubcap.clemson.edu> <4kgl5h$fb9@fbi-news.Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE>References: <1996Mar9.164206.53264@cobra.uni.edu> <DoB0sw.CxI@bton.ac.uk> <4jvh78$8gn@mack.rt66.com> <1996Apr4.001549.53820@cobra.uni.edu> <4kd18u$kl3@toad.stack.urc.tue.nl> <4kdrnr$ipf@hubcap.clemson.edu> <4kgl5h$fb9@fbi-news.Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE
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- In article <ibl-juwa.461.00209472@wiso.wiso.uni-dortmund.de> ibl-juwa@wiso.wiso.uni-dortmund.de (Juergen Wahlmann) writes:
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- :>:It's just a good example of the Amiga's philosophy. Everything works smooth
- :>:together with everything.
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- :>Just so long as you don't say actually *using* high-density floppies.
- :>Because, until the release of the Walker, using high-density floppies is
- :>painful at best.
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- :They're slow as hell but they're NOT boggin the multitasking.
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- Slow as hell due to a floppy drive that's been hacked to work with a circa
- 1985 Paula chip isn't exactly what I'd call "smooth". Not that I mind
- having one in my 3000, but it doesn't exactly show off the Amiga to use it.
- Everyone asks "what the hell is taking so long?" :)
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- :>I'd disagree about the "everything works smoothly with everything" too,
- :>considering that there are a fair amount of Amiga programs that are
- :>anything but smoothly integrated into the OS. If everything ran
- :>"properly", I wouldn't need programs like ChangeScreen, etc.
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- :I was talking about the OS, not about badly written software.
- :Black sheeps are everywhere.
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- You said "everything". Everything is, well, everything. To be fair, I'd
- consider "everything" as everything most people would want to use. Does it
- all coexist together peacefully? Not according to the number of requests
- for help on the Amiga groups for help on getting program X working with
- program Y.
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- The Amiga may be nice but it's by no means perfect. Too many "necessary"
- applications fall into the "black sheep" category you've defined.
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