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From: ewing@se-sd.NCR.COM (David Ewing)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Amiga info wanted
Message-ID: <1954@se-sd.NCR.COM>
Date: 14 Jun 89 22:07:11 GMT
Reply-To: ewing@se-sd.sandiego.ncr.com (David Ewing(AEP))
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Organization: NCR Corporation, SE-San Diego
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Greetings:

I am seriously considering buying an Amiga in the very near future
and would like some advice/info.

I am a professional programmer (I prefer to program in C in a Unix
environment), amateur musician (interested in MIDI) and video game
junkie.  My wife is a writer who plans on using the machine for
word processing (if she can ever get it away from me 8-) ).

I am debating between an A2000, an A2000HD and an A2500. 

Could some of you kind folks EMAIL me some info on: 

     -- the pros and cons of these three machines
     -- the compatability of software given all the different Amiga
	systems running around (68000, 68010, 68020)
     -- what flavor of Unix is available on the A2500 ?
     -- will Unix be available on non A2500's?
     -- what is the Amiga's native operating system like ?
     -- C compilers for the Amiga
     -- word processors for the Amiga
     -- printers for the Amiga
     -- hard disks for the Amiga

Prices for the above would also be helpful.  Note: I live in San Diego,
so any advice on favored vendors in the area would be appreciated.

Thanks for your help,

Dave Ewing
ewing@se-sd.sandiego.ncr.com