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- From: finnh@ak.planet.gen.nz (Finn Higgins)
- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
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- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 04:00:26 GMT
-
- >On 10 Apr 1996 14:51:52 GMT,
- >wahlmann@banach.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Juergen Wahlmann (pg262))
- >wrote:
-
- >>|> Sigh. On an Amiga, you cannot simply "copy a device driver to devs"
- >>|> and have it all work. If you think you can, you REALLY need to
- >>|> rethink things - there's a LOT more to it than that. Win95 is far
- >>|> easier to set up with another graphics card.
- >>
- >>Just guessing again, David?
-
- >No. I'm fully aware of the install scripts. You miss the point,
- >perhaps deliberately. What the original poster wrote won't work.
-
- Yeah, but a 5 second install is
- a) simpler
- b) faster
- than doing a Win95 "search for new hardware".
-
- >>Nicolai's right. If the setup is too complicated for Joe User, an installer
- >>script is included.
-
- >I'd certainly hope so.
-
- It is. Most PD authors these days include Install scripts, and they write
- their software for free.
-
- >>Can't see what's better with Win95 PnP, for that has been reported as faulty
- >>under certain conditions.
-
- >The auto-install of peripherals? It's great.
-
- Yeah, for the same reason as big game hunting... The exitement, the thrill
- of what is going to happen, the uncertainty, the joy of finding that Win95
- thinks your GFX card is a CD-ROM, and suddenly your CD-Rom is a small fish.
- Oh yes, it's great. The PC has all this crap with IRQs and IO ports, the
- amiga has none of that, and as such is a better machine for it (ie, no
- conflicts).
-
- Finn Higgins
-
-