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From: dixon@cs.nps.navy.mil (Roger Dixon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A rough future for the Amiga??? I think not.
Message-ID: <973@cs.nps.navy.mil>
Date: 9 Apr 90 06:36:40 GMT
References: <16192@snow-white.udel.EDU> <1990Apr8.013940.12984@wam.umd.edu>
Reply-To: dixon@cs.nps.navy.mil (Roger Dixon)
Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA
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In article <1990Apr8.013940.12984@wam.umd.edu> ddev@wam.umd.edu (Don DeVoe) writes:
>Please. Just stop it. These constant comlaints about how the 'Apple marketing
>geeks/nerds' have been creating elaborate lise to trick the public into
>buying a IIfx over an Amiga are geting really tiresome.  Since you're so
>fond of quoting these 'outrageous' ads, you could at least quote properly.
>You say that the Apple ad for the IIfx claims to be the first computer to
>use coprocessors to help relieve the main processor. No. The actual quote is
>as follows: "...It is also the first personal computer to have two 
>additional processors - with the power of two additional personal computers -
>to manage the flow of information inside." Now consider: Do the Amiga's
>blitter, copper, etc. themselves have the power of additional personal
>computers???  Nope, they don't.  The IIfx uses, I believe, two 6502 to
>aid with i/o, and therein lies the difference.  Next time, think before you 
>post, especially when the posting has the potential to get so many people
>into a frenzied mob mentality (Look, there go those damn Apple Marketing
>Geeks, lets get 'em!!! - yes that's what you all sound like...ok, not all,
>but enough to make the entire Amiga community look stupid).

     I think maybe you are the one that needs to go back to read the manuals
my friend.  If I recall correctly, the Amiga is (and has been) using the
6502 to aid with i/o.  I believe you will find it as the heart of the 6500/1
microprocessor package that controls the keyboard, along with 2KB ROM with
the control program, and 64 bytes of static RAM, among other stuff. Of
course we also have two 8520's and Paula assisting in the handling of i/o.
So, maybe we 'CAN' say that Apple is streching the truth just a little? 

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