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Subject: Re: Amiga mentality (with some questions)
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Date: 7 Apr 90 23:24:44 GMT
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I tried folks , really , but I have to responde. (But I will be going to a
rehab center soon.)

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>Resp: 1 of 2 About: Re: Amiga mentality (with some questions)
>Author: [Steve Green] (*Masked*@umd5.umd.edu) 
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>the Mac is the heavy role that Apple plays in software and espicially
>hardware development.  It keeps incompatabilities to a minimum.

But , I cant count any incompatibilities in Amiga software (other than
things that broke the rules, all software has worked from the earliest OS to
now, on 4 different processors at all speeds!)

>As well, the MacOS is becoming somewhat primative but System 7 is supposed
>to take care of many common OS complaints.  It is supposed to have many new

I can accept this. But if you can point to "System 7" then I dont wanna hear
any sh*t about it when I talk about 1.4 .

>to take care of many common OS complaints.  It is supposed to have many new
>features to "the finder" and support for IPC (AppleEvents).  That is the 
>biggest thing as it will allow for complete integration as well as 
>distributed/collective work.

IPC .. define it.   We have ALWAYS had >I<nter->P<rocess->C<-ommunication.
It is a cornerstone of the Amiga OS. I can have any number of programs work
together as much as I want.   We have had AREXX for a while now, wich takes
that communication spec and pushes it to new ground. But you need GOOD,
stable multi-tasking before this matters.

>	What is commodore doing with hardware and OS??  

I think the 25mhz '030 systems speak for themselves.

the 1.4 version of the OS will bring new resolution modes to the recent
Amiga's , and goive official sanction to some "de-facto" standards. Many
other rumors.

But it doesn't >NEED< to do much. The system is fine as is.

>	Is there any (plan for) IPC??

As stated above .. had it for all the history of the machine.

>	What is the current network standard protocol??  Cable??

Ethernet.
With all the normal abilities.

Between two amigas there is a PD seroial or parrallel network available.

>	What is the memory limitation? (If any)

Hmm.. good question.

>	What size/style screens are available??

You need to define this .. are you talking resolution/colors ?

>	Does software have to "support" individual hard drives/screens/etc..?

NO. Never had to. ALL device specific code is in the OS. ALL software will
work with any printer/hardware.
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