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- Subject: Now I have gone and done it....
- From: flash@lopez.marquette.MI.US (Gary Bourgois,Hamshack)
- Message-ID: <boY9f-bz@lopez.marquette.MI.US>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:24:55 EST
- Organization: Great White North/UPLink
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- As someone who has been interested in the amiga for many years, but who, for
- many reasons, never owned one, I have just taken the plunge. My reasons:
-
- 1. I produce radio and TV shows for world wide distribution
- 2. I needed a new toy for XMAS
- 3. I got a really good deal on a 2500 system with some nice peripherals
-
- The machine will arrive in Early January. Meanwhile, I, who know only DOS,
- NOVELL and UNIX, and have been doing my video titling on a SONY CPM machine,
- now must get up to speed on just what makes this new box tick.
-
- One reason I delayed getting an amiga is the religious fanaticism I have seen
- amongst the "Meegaheads" on the net and elsewhere. I work with many
- different computer systems every day. I will even admit here publicly that I
- still own and use a VIC-20 (As a video slate generator so I can record audio
- from my satellite system onto videotape even if the channel is scrambled)...
- So I don't think I will become one of those who loses all perspective (as the
- fanatical adherents of ANY machine when it is the only thing they own)...
-
- I therefore need to know if there is an FAQ for the AMIGA, and if there is,
- can I access it by mail? I am at this moment daunted by the fact that I do
- not know what in the heck an AGNUS, DENISE or GARY chip is... I don't even
- know what screen resolutions are supported by the machine I am buying. Like
- what does HAM mean (besides the sandwich I just ate here at work)...
-
- I did buy this month's AMAZING COMPUTING and AMIGA WORLD and filled out all
- the sendaway cards... BUT these magazines left me with more questions than
- answers.
-
- Having spend many years holding the hands of others through their
- introductory time in PC's, NOVELL, UNIX and TVRO SATELLITE systems, I
- suddenly find myself in the position of a NEWBIE.
-
-
- Anone out there like to answer questions?
-
- --
- / Gary Bourgois, WB8EOH, The Birdwatcher: Marquette Michigan USA \
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