Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!njin!limonce From: limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga competitiveness Message-ID: Date: 28 Sep 90 17:15:04 GMT References: <31807@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Organization: Drew University/NJIN Lines: 34 In article <31807@nigel.ee.udel.edu> AAW151%URIACC.BITNET@brownvm.brown.edu (Andy Patrizio) writes: >There isn't a computer salesman on this planet who would sell a Mac or >IBM/IBM clone without a hard drive. 40 megs is as standard as memory >and a motherboard, you don't even think of it as an add-on. Good point. When was the last time the C-A released a new machine that didn't come with a hard drive? Can you say, "years and years ago"? I knew you could. (I don't count the A500P (not a "new" model) or CDTV (not a computer)). I think C-A figured that one out a while ago ...but it does show that you are thinking. (better than a lot of the posts on c.s.a) >The Amiga has to be the same way. The CPU is pretty quick as it >stands, it's disk I/O that makes me scream. A 40 meg HD and a Floppy disk IO is faster than IBM or Mac disk IO. But yes, a HD is faster no matter who's floppy you use. An Amiga with a good controller (like the A2091) beats just about all other desktop PC/Macs for harddisk IO. >RAD:/VD0: would make life MUCH easier. Too bad I have an A500... but >I'm working on it. After I got my hard drive I stopped using RAD/VD0. "RAM:? Isn't that a synonym for ENV:? Or T:?" :-) -Tom -- tlimonce@drew.edu Tom Limoncelli "Freedom and justice tlimonce@drew.uucp +1 201 408 5389 are opposites" tlimonce@drew.Bitnet limonce@pilot.njin.net -me