Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!qucdn!leek Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: MACS & IBMS (pc's) Organization: Queen's University at Kingston Date: Tuesday, 5 Jun 1990 21:18:07 EDT From: Message-ID: <90156.211807LEEK@QUCDN.BITNET> Distribution: na References: <20472@snow-white.udel.EDU> <764@teslab.lab.OZ> <1990Jun5.010240.17383@sunee.waterloo.edu> <2173@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM> In article <2173@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM>, stevem@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM (Steve McClure) says: >|>An MSDOS clone can do anything an Amiga can with the appropriate >|>add-ons. Windows, mouses, sound cards, RAM disks, even several >|>multitasking additions (but lots of problems and no intertask comms >|>etc). >| > >The only problem with add-ons is that not everyone has them. At least in the >Amiga environment everyone has all the software needed to run any application >just by having the OS. Same thing with hardware really. I know my app will >run on another Amiga because everyone has a mouse, everyone has the same >display, etc. I also have the advantage that I don't have to have a mouse >driver or printer driver to write for my app to take advantage of those >resources. I also don't have to worry about TSR's that don't live well >together. The other bigger problem with add-ons is that not everyone has the same ones. Customer A might have a EGA with microsoft mouse while B has PC mouse with Super VGA etc. The possible combinations are so opened ended that a part-time programmer might not have the resources to support all the possible hardware configurations for the end users. One of the things I really like is the way the graphics hardware supports custom screens. If the programmer doesn't like the OS do the output, he/she can write to the custom screen without causing problems (if the programmer stick to some simple rules ) > >-- >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Steve email: Steve.McClure@Columbia.NCR.COM 803-791-7054 >The above are my opinions, which NCR doesn't really care about anyway! >CAUSER's Amiga BBS! | 803-796-3127 | 8pm-8am 8n1 | 300/1200/2400 K. C. Lee We have the "Snap, Crackle & Pop", they have the "Fruit and ???". How about a cereal interface ? Please... please.... :B^)