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- From: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Falcon Graphics
- Date: 8 Sep 1992 02:50:41 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <10174@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> <1992Aug25.124510.2938@aber.ac.uk> <5pyyc3q@rpi.edu> <Bu1Dyu.IA0@gp <1992Sep4.191425.12091@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Reply-To: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
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- In a previous article, warwick@cs.uq.oz.au (Warwick Allison) says:
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- >>> The only thing that the LCII has is a superior O/S but TOS is
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- >dhbutler@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Your Conscience) writes:
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- >>I don't agree with your comment about the superior OS, I find the Mac OS
- >>*extremely* user friendly, and *extremely* slow, and *extremely* limited. I
- >>perfer the ST's O/S better in almost all cases...
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- >And "user friendly" can definately be extreme. In first-year, we had Macs,
- >and I was editting a program, then accessed a disk from a friend. He took
- >the disk away, then a little later the machine INSISTED that I insert that
- >disk. The only escape was rebooting - losing all my program. The Mac gets
- >very fascist when it comes to floppy disks.
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- >Give mw the more subservient OS of the Atari any day.
- >
- >--
- >Warwick
- >--
- > _-_|\ warwick@cs.uq.oz.au /Disclaimer:
- > / * <-- Computer Science Department, /
- > \_.-._/ University of Queensland, / void (if removed)
- > v Brisbane, Australia. /
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- I have to agree, TOS is definitely more user-friendly than Mac's OS.
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- It is like comparing the Atari 8-bit's operating system to that
- of the C64. They did a good job on TOS and it is getting better.
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