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- From: scottba@edsi.plexus.COM (Scott Anderson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Amiga.FST
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.155808.14673@edsi.plexus.COM>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 15:58:08 GMT
- Article-I.D.: edsi.1992Jul24.155808.14673
- References: <92203.154356KCR103@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Organization: Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton WI
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- KCR103@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
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- >think the Amiga would have a great place as a home computer, but it is not
- >reaching for that market (the little I hear), and like the GS it would be great
- Just like Macintosh is not reaching for the home market...
- Of course Amiga wants to get business from business. That's where the
- money is. Ask IBM people about that one.
- The Amiga 500 was the best home PC for the price until Amiga dropped
- it. Now the base 3000's are. period. Imagine programming in Text
- mode, starting that to compile, start playing Agony (awsome game),
- pause it when you start dying a lot on level 3, start another game that
- is your personal favorite, get sick of it, then decide it is time to
- call your connection to the net. Now imgaine this. All of those games
- would be GAME OVER if you pause them, because they would keep going in
- the background. Talk about awsome stuff for a $300 computer.
-
- Seen the video toaster or impact vision? 24-bit graphics in addition
- to a regular video studio? (of course that is NOT cheap at $1500, but
- it better than the average TV studio cost of $100,000 for the same
- equipment.
-
- >for the home. And there is always the I rather buy an Amiga than a Mac, but
- >if my (future) amiga can not work with my GS at all, I would go for the MAC.
-
- Forgetting AMAX II+? The Color MAC under system 7 emulator? It can be
- had on software or hardware depending on whether 2-3 Mhz lost to
- putting the code into ram as opposed to using rom on a card.
- The best thing is that an Amiga 3000@33mhz with Amax II+ hardware is as
- fast a mac as a Quadra 950, and when an Amiga (can be both computers
- simultaneously) will blow the socks off of a 950. Did I bother to
- mention that such an Amiga with Unix in ROM costs about $3900?
- Just a little less than a Quadra 950 with AU/X... hehe
-
- Remember, Amiga is going to release a new computer within a year.
- That means that the price of a 3000 should go down.
- I need an AMIGA, but for now I stick with my GS at 9mhz/16cache and run
- GNO.
-
- Scott Anderson. scottba@edsi.plexus.com acct040@carroll1.cc.edu
- (too bad short .sig's are a thing of the past these days... :( )
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