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From: cbdougla@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Collin Broad Douglas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Amiga Bashers
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Date: 22 Sep 90 05:52:42 GMT
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  I guess what really upsets me most is I think the GS has a lot of potential.

In article <5588@mace.cc.purdue.edu> asd@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth) writes:
>>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.

I'd rather have an Amiga than an IBM compatible just about any day...

>>  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
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
					    Amen.


>>   $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?

that's what the Appleshare FST is for.  GS/OS has the capability for 
accessing different file systems easily through FSTs.  The GS can boot
from an Appleshare file server (the Mac can't) and the server shows up
as a disk drive on the desktop.

>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

ever heard of ProLine?

>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.

the GS can mix 320 and 640 modes on the same screen.

>
>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!

same here.  I want MINIX for the GS.  First, the Byte Works needs to make
Orca C even better.

>
>-k

Collin Douglas

cbdougla@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu