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- From: rjc@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray)
- Subject: Re: Don't let the Amiga Die (Part II)!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.170616.13059@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
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- References: <jbickers.0m9p@templar.actrix.gen.nz> <1992Dec29.160521.4069@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:06:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.160521.4069@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel) writes:
- >John Bickers (jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz) wrote:
- >:
- >: > So is your claim that a 512K Amiga can run "current feature level"
- >: > applications. So my analogy holds perfectly, while you're just whining.
- >:
- >: Absurd. A 512KB Amiga can and does run such applications.
- >:
- >
- >Right. You think a 512KB Amiga (with no virtual memory, of course), could
- >ever run something like Word? FrameMaker? Quicken? Improv? Paradox?
- >Falcon 3? Ultima Underworld? Think again, denizen.
-
- Ever heard of overlays Jerry? Did you know that a very popular computer
- used to run applications of this calibre using only 140k more ram than
- the Amiga?
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- It seems you are the one who needs to think again if you think it is
- impossible to write an application like Word to run in 512k.
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- >:
- >: *** John Bickers, TAP. jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz ***
- >:
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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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