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- From: Andrew_Tuline@mindlink.bc.ca (Andrew Tuline)
- Subject: Re: Amiga
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:20:30 GMT
- Message-ID: <19874@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Sender: news@deep.rsoft.bc.ca (Usenet)
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- > Robert Augugliaro writes:
- >
- > Msg-ID: <sexpig.0ga4@vsbbs.UUCP>
- > Posted: 18 Jan 93 17:28:35 PST
- >
- > Org. : BBS
- >
- > I have an Amiga and it is perfect for flight simulators. Does anyone
- > else
- > out here have FSII? I wish that software companys would develope and
- > release
- > there software for Amigas at the same time as IBM. For example: FS4 is
- > not
- > available for the Amiga yet? Why not, the Amiga handles graphics and sound
- > better than any IBM in know of. Why do I have to wait? The greatest
- > flight
- > simulator in the world is located on a game called Armour-Geddon. This
- > game
- > isn't available for IBM, because the game is too intense (graphics, sound,
- > and
- > multi-tasking). So, to sum it up -- Amiga users demand more responsiveness
- > from the software developers.
-
-
- Amiga users may demand more responsiveness, but they're probably not going to
- get it. A software 'hit' with an Amiga is one thing, but a software 'hit'
- on a PC can be very financially rewarding.
-
- I have seen graphics, sound AND multi-tasking on the PC platform to rival or
- exceed the Amiga's. 640x480 x 24 bit colour, 1024x768x256 colour on a $250
- graphics adapter, the ATI VGA Wonder XL24 with 1M fill the bill quite nicely
- for graphics. Sound Blaster Pro rounds out the sound. Multi-tasking is
- another thing though. The company I work for has long had a real-time
- multi-tasking operating system for industrial control. It's not for public
- use. These are all doable on the PC. The last is up to the O/S providers.
-
- I know of many former Amiga owners who sold their systems for PC's, myself
- being one of them.
-