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From: ill@uni-paderborn.de (Markus Illenseer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga 2000 v. 386 VGA
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Date: 29 Sep 90 20:34:29 GMT
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jerry@truevision.com (Jerry Thompson) writes:
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>No pull down screens! :-)   Windows 3.0 isn't as snappy.  Comparing a 25Mhz
>386 machine to a 7Mhz A500, I find all operations faster on the Amiga and
>window redraws especially faster on the Amiga.  Since MS-DOS files don't 
>have .info type files, there doesn't seem to be any way to double-click on
>files to fire up an editor, or other default program.  There is no file

That is not right ! You can do it ! But they use another way to do it.
Look for PIF-Editor, there you can add the link to desired prog.

>management capability like I have with SID.  No do-everything-macro-key
>program like Mach II (or dmouse).  There are very serious problems running

Also not right ! There is a very fine Macro-Recorder there you can do exactly
the same thing as in MachII or DMouse !(I wish to have this Macro-Ed for Amiga)

>MS-DOS programs under Windows 3.0.  I can't get DOS to come up in a window
>even though I know you can do this.  Actually, Windows 3.0 does have a 
>windows-within-windows capability which you can use like Amiga screens.
>And the other software will be there someday.  I just hope I'm not there to

MachII went out 2 Years after starting to sell Amiga. And the features of Win 3
are already build in.

>see it :-).  After using MS-DOS (even with a decent shell), I am thrilled to 
>have Windows 3.0.  I feel so pathetic!  Hopefully, I will have a 3000 monday 
>(oh please, oh please) and won't have to deal with it again.
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So, I think Win 3.0 is a real opposition to Ami-OS 2.0. If they (Microsoft) 
continue like this, and the prices for 386 are going down, the drives for
Super-VGA are coming (=higher resolutions), then we aren't anymore the leader 
(after Apple ?) of grafical intuitions. 

Well, but this discussion about Win and Amiga is old, 3 month ago we 
discussed it already.

CU, Markus
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   Markus Illenseer                I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid, I can't do that. 
     4790 Paderborn ,United Germany           Email: ill@uni-paderborn.de 
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