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From: jerry@truevision.com (Jerry Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga 2000 v. 386 VGA
Message-ID: <438@epicb.com>
Date: 1 Oct 90 04:54:46 GMT
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In article <1990Sep29.203429.2307@uni-paderborn.de> ill@uni-paderborn.de (Markus Illenseer) writes:
>jerry@truevision.com (Jerry Thompson) writes:
>>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.

The PIF-Editor is a real pain for doing those type of functions, even tho
that is what the PIF-Editor is supposed to do!  Besides, 99% of the files 
don't have a PIF file for them.  No way am I going to go through 80Megs of
files and attach PIF files for them.


>>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)

Well, I wouldn't call the Macro-Recorder fine to begin with, and it does not do
anything even close to what MachII does.   You should also check out Scripit.
Scripit is fantastic although I haven't seen much discussion of it here.  
The combination of MachII, Scripit, ARexx, etc. is far beyond anything 
possible in Windows 3.0.  I have used Macro-Recorder, try these other
programs before responding.


>>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.

The newest version of MachII is 2.6.  It has the more features and options
than any other similar program.  All the options can be changed without
exiting MachII and the set-up can be automatically changed whenever you
click in a particular window.  This is the one program I have to have on any
Amiga I work on.


>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. 

Windows 3.0 IS a real competitor for Workbench, but not because of 
technical capabilities.  People will say, "Oh, now I can do these things
on my PC that those Amiga people are always talking about."  But it
isn't the same at all.  It is qualitatively different.  Compare a 25Mhz
(or even 33Mhz) 386 machine running Windows 3.0 with a stock 7.14Mhz Amiga
side by side.  Windows may just seem clunkier, but I find the real problems
are much deeper.


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

Someone asked.

Also note Doug Dyer's comments in msg #11705.  I heartily concur.
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