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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: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 10:23:14 GMT
-
- >In article <31723EDF.4F3F@herts.ac.uk>, Morgan <cs4dx@herts.ac.uk> wrote:
-
- >>The Amiga has a system called Autoconfig that allows devices to be
- >recognised without
- >>a large amount of setting up to be done.
- >>
- >>This is plug and play, ten years before the words were thought up.
-
- > Autoconfig != "plug and play". By definition, if you need to install a
- >driver to get something to work, it isn't plug and play.
-
- Plug and play != a working idea. Win95 doesn't work properly, PnP is a
- joke. The Amiga requires you to do about 2 things:
- Let autoconfig figure out memory buffers and crap (PnP still doesn't do
- this properly)
- Run an Installer script (much less time than Win95s Search for new
- hardware)
-
- Autoconfig is faster, better and is generally less hassle/hype.
-
- Finn Higgins
-
-