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  1. Path: news.epix.net!PROBLEM_WITH_NODE_NAME!not-for-mail
  2. From: wnear@epix.net (Bill Near)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
  4. Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
  5. Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
  6. Date: 16 Apr 1996 16:11:27 GMT
  7. Organization: epix.net
  8. Message-ID: <4l0grf$jet@guava.epix.net>
  9. References: <316874cd.84247771@news.onramp.net> <1980.6672T884T1773@burst.demon.co.uk> <31723EDF.4F3F@herts.ac.uk> <barrett-1504961733420001@desm-05-03.dialup.netins.net>
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  12.  
  13. On Mon, 15 Apr 1996 17:33:42 -0500, Marc N. Barrett articulated:
  14. <> In article <31723EDF.4F3F@herts.ac.uk>, Morgan <cs4dx@herts.ac.uk> wrote:
  15. <> 
  16. <> >The Amiga has a system called Autoconfig that allows devices to be
  17. <> recognised without
  18. <> >a large amount of setting up to be done.
  19. <> >
  20. <> >This is plug and play, ten years before the words were thought up.
  21. <> 
  22. <>    Autoconfig != "plug and play".  By definition, if you need to install a
  23. <> driver to get something to work, it isn't plug and play.
  24.  
  25. There are no drivers for Mac or PeeCee hardware?
  26.  
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  35.     Contributing Editor @ Amiga Report Magazine
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