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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AMIGA Fading?
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Date: 13 Nov 89 20:41:06 GMT
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In article <3932@nigel.udel.EDU> WDV91@ccvax.iastate.edu (NetMonster) writes:
>   The Amiga's main competition -- cheap IBM clones -- have largely
> caught up to the Amiga in multitasking capability and ease-of-use.  

I agree with your main point but the above statement is pure bullshit. You
*cannot* buy a PC clone with a '286 and OS/2 with a window based operating
system for less than the comparably equipped A500. What you can buy is a 
16 bit machine with a CP/M-80 ripoff but who cares? 

Just to run OS/2  + Presentation Manager you need 6MB of memory. And as
far as I know there isn't a version of MINIXView or something equivalent
for MINIX so that is right out. Hell you can't even *run* OS/2 off floppies.

Stick with the "what it needs to get better.." stuff and you will do a 
lot better. 

--Chuck McManis
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