Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!netcom!hue From: hue@netcom.UUCP (Johathan Hue) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Blowing their cover (rambling) Message-ID: <4836@netcom.UUCP> Date: 4 Dec 89 07:59:05 GMT References: <4114@nigel.udel.EDU> <1989Nov26.075959.822@i-core.UUCP> Reply-To: hue@netcom.UUCP (Johathan Hue) Organization: NetCom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 997-9175 guest} Lines: 20 In article <1989Nov26.075959.822@i-core.UUCP> pete@i-core.UUCP (Pete Ashdown) writes: >Is the Amiga, the last great machine of the hacker? What I'm speaking of is >not the pirate/hacker, but the classic hacker. The person who buys a >machine, then programs/modifies it to his own delights. The Apple II was a >great example of this and I am starting to realize that the Amiga is >probably the last example of it. Right. The only reason I have to own a computer is to have something to fool around with, and IMHO the Amiga is the only computer on the market that's fun to fool around with, regardless of price. I know all of you know how wonderful the Amiga is, so I don't need to tell you what I like about it. What's fun about a PC clone or a Mac? At work I have both a NeXT and IBM PS/2-80 (running UNIX) on my desk. I wouldn't want either one at home, except maybe for running a USENET node. Both are great for doing work, but neither is any fun. The most fun we've had with a NeXT so far is to animate a chainsaw and have it play back chainsaw noises recorded on my Amiga. -Jonathan