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- From: Aric.Caley@ofa123.fidonet.org
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Don't let the Amiga
- X-Sender: newtout 0.05 Dec 30 1992
- Message-ID: <2731120a6a@ofa123.fidonet.org>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 23:20:00
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- > Organization: Molecular Simulations, Inc.
- > From: jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel)
- > Message-ID: <1992Dec29.160521.4069@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
- > Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- >
- > 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.
-
- Of course not. But it CAN run lots of other things that are quite usefull.
-
- Of course, Commodore doesn't even MAKE any Amigas anymore with only 512K.
- 1 meg is the absolute lowest-end minimum (A600) and 2 or more megs is the
- new standard (A1200 - 2MB, A4000 - 6MB).
-
- -Dances With Coyotes - World's slowest programer-Given that God is infinate-
- -AKA Dances V2.0, Coyote, Critter, Magnet, Major-and that the universe is-
- -- Former Net-Lurker - YES, an AMIGA godammit! --also infinate, would you-
- --- Still limping along with AmigaOS 1.3 :( ---like a toasted tea cake?-
-
-
- --- Maximus 2.01wb
-