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- From: jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel)
- Subject: Re: CBM mention on 12/11
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:10:30 GMT
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- David Tiberio (dtiberio@engws10.ic.sunysb.edu) wrote:
- :
- : Wrong, the Atari 400 and the C64, with all their screen interrupts,
- : can not display multiple screens like the Amiga can...
- :
-
- No David, *you* are wrong. The Atari 400 had hardware very similar to Copper.
- If a full multitasking OS were feasible on that machine, it would be trivial
- to implement Amiga-like screens on it.
-
- :
- : an Atari ST can do a
- : Boing! demo, but not like the Amiga can. You have obviously never used an
- : Amiga...
- :
-
- Ha. Even that same Atari 400 had a Boing demo that was almost as good as the
- original Amiga one. And please stop telling me what I have and have not
- used. I used an Amiga for three years in college.
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- | JERRY J. SHEKHEL | Molecular Simulations Inc. | Time just fades the pages |
- | Drummers do it... | Burlington, MA USA | in my book of memories. |
- | ... In rhythm! | jerry@msi.com | -- Guns N' Roses |
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