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- From: wahlmann@banach.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Juergen Wahlmann (pg262))
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Amiga Technology is insulting!!y
- Date: 15 Apr 1996 11:51:39 GMT
- Organization: CS Department, Dortmund University, Germany
- Sender: wahlmann@informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Juergen Wahlmann (pg262))
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- In article <4kj683$5na@hubcap.clemson.edu>, charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E. "Rick" Taylor, IV) writes:
- |>
- |> :They're slow as hell but they're NOT boggin the multitasking.
- |>
- |> 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?" :)
-
- The smoothness IS that it does not affect the PMT.
-
- |> :I was talking about the OS, not about badly written software.
- |> :Black sheeps are everywhere.
- |>
- |> 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.
-
- Not too many at all.
-
- |> 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.
-
- Of course it's not perfect. There is no system that can be called perfect. But it
- comes very close, especially for home users.
-
- Please define some "necessary" applications which are "black sheep".
-
- Juergen.
-