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From: hamilton@intersil.uucp
Newsgroups: alt.sources.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Blues
Message-ID: <138.26c18ff6@intersil.uucp>
Date: 9 Aug 90 16:31:50 GMT
References: <20260001@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> <1037@flash.UUCP> <13697@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1045@flash.UUCP>
Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Santa Clara CA
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In article <1045@flash.UUCP>, klg@flash.UUCP (Kevin L. Gross) writes:
> But I bought a product [an Amiga 1000] that SHOULD last more than 2 
> years. As soon as
> the 2000 came out, the support for the 1000 dropped like eagle full of
> rocks. My friends on their AT's still can buy equipment for them, and some
> people are STILL selling those things. 

That's interesting.  I've got an Amiga 1000 with a 65M hardrive, a 68030 with
4M 32 bit fast ram, and I'm having an EXTREMELY hard time rationalizing the 
purchase of an Amiga 3000, which I really want to do because it's new, sexy,
and does everything at least a little bit better than my 1000.  But I haven't
been able to do it.  I can't think of anything that I use my Amiga for (DTP,
WP, games, programming) that I can't do as well with my 1000.  The extra
display modes and de-interlacer would be nice, Zorro II and III slots would
be nice, the additional speed would be nice, but overall I can't justify it.
The last thing I feel is left out in the cold because I bought a 1000.

> I mean, I'm still playing Rocket
> Ranger on my A1000, I just have to reboot the thing to play the game
> on a multi-tasking system. Don't seem right, somehow.
 
So complain to Cinemaware.  If a game crashes an Apple or IBM you don't
whine about the platform, it's just lousy software.  It's a good enough
game it never bothered me too much that I had to spend an extra 30 seconds
waiting for it to start.  As a matter of fact, almost nothing you've
mentioned has ever bothered me.
-- 
Fred Hamilton                  Any views, comments, or ideas expressed here
Harris Semiconductor           are entirely my own.  Even good ones.
Santa Clara, CA