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- From: ggg@kepler.unh.edu (Gregory G Greene)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: 1200/4000 pricing
- Date: 3 Jan 1993 05:29:59 GMT
- Organization: University of New Hampshire - Durham, NH
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- '>VGA is ok, not great. There is no sound standard on the PC. Basically the
- '>closest thing you'll get is the SB, not even the SB-Pro, SB-16, etc...
-
- To tell you the truth, I kind of like it that way. I don't really
- want an all encompassing sound standard. I'd rather have what we have
- today, a multitude of sound cards being supported. I don't want to be
- locked in to only one sound standard.
-
- '>The things just aren't very
- '>interesting, and companies that have tried to make them interesting are
- '>having a hard time of it. The 486 I have is set up to be as interesting as
- '>a PC could possibly be at this time. Yet few people who visit our home find
- '>the thing of interest, which is not what I can say about every other system I
- '>have.
-
- I must have a different type of 486 PC then you do. I find it very
- interesting and fun to use. It runs my astronomy/astrophotography software,
- imaging software, and of course, games, wonderfully. It provides me with what
- I consider great graphics and sound. Not everybody who owns a PC is using
- it for spreadsheets and databases.
- As far as people who visit my home being interested in my computers,
- well, who cares really. I bought it for my own use. Frankly, I have had
- 3 computers, an Apple IIe, an Amiga A500, and a 33/486, and few people
- have found any of them to be interesting.
-
- '>Had it not been for the PC we would have sound, motion, better TV/computer
- '>interaction, etc...for a very reasonable price. As it is the 486 has taken
- '>over the desktop and we have all these rather unpleasant things sitting
- '>around demoing Wolfenstein3D...It's a nightmare.
-
- Now why would you want to demo Wolfenstein 3d when there is so much
- more out there. How about demoing Strike Commander or X-Wing? Or maybe
- one of those SVGA wargames like Patriot? Ultima Underworld II?
-
- Greg Greene
- ggg@kepler.unh.edu
-
- '>Philip McDunnough
- '>University of Toronto
-