Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!iuvax!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!mace.cc.purdue.edu!asd From: asd@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Amiga Bashers Message-ID: <5588@mace.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 22 Sep 90 00:04:33 GMT References: <9009200536.AA27514@apple.com> <15362@yunexus.YorkU.CA> <1990Sep21.225236.26561@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Organization: Purdue University Lines: 35 Cc: >In article <15362@yunexus.YorkU.CA> philip@yunexus.yorku.ca (Phil McDunnough) writes: >>If it is speed you want, then why not get a 486. The 386/486 are probably >>the best price/performance computers you will find if speed is the only >>issue, which I do not agree with. Why do people keep bringing up the Amiga? >>I'm frankly getting annoyed at the analogy. There is more to computing >>than games. In fact the percentage of games worth buying is very small. > WHOA! I hope you have your flame retardant suit ready. > I've seen a zillion games that I'd buy for Amiga if I had one. > There are a few people who buy the Amiga 500 to buy games, but > $3000 machines such as the Amiga 3000 are used for more noteworthy > pursuits. Note that at least Commodore HAS a $500 machine. And this > $500 box still multitasks (unlike ANY Apple), can still be upgraded > (unlike the PS/1). I'm not bashing Apple- I'm bashing "Anti-Amiga". I will second this! How about SLIP? I'm to understand that you can run that on an Amiga, or that someone is working on it. And anybody who says that serious stuff isn't getting done on the Amiga, well, I can refer you to somebody who can roast you alive with the truth. Where is the Apple II system that can call up a Unix system and have a transparent mount to the filesystem, as if it was just another drive? Or where are the Apple II programmers working on networking? TCP/IP? I know folks who are working on this for the Amiga. Or how about having multiple windows with different resolutions? I'm to understand you can pull up text windows, and different resolutions windows on the screen at the same time (major Amiga hacker was telling me). Although 'great games = Amiga', 'Amiga != games', not anymore. Note: I'm not an Amiga fan, I just know people here that are working on this kinda stuff. I wish some Apple II programmers were, or that there was some incentive too! -k