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Subject: Re: CALL FOR LOCAL DISCUSSION: Split the c.s.a group more?
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Date: 9 Oct 90 20:01:13 GMT
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In article , xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:
> My wits weren't quite all there when I made up my list; now that I've
> plowed through all the AMAX, AMAX 2, Bridgeboard, Apple][, Atari ST,
> and C64 emulation articles:
>
> add either:
> 
> comp.sys.amiga.emulations  -- running software meant for other computers
>                               on the Amiga using hardware or software
>                               emulations of the other computer

Well, I'd vote for it.

I think it's time for c.s.a.emu.  Part of the surge of articles we're
seeing is that the ST and 64 emulators got dumped on us at the same
time, but the Bridgeboard and Amax people will continue to be around
tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.  It's fairly obvious that people
without an emulator have little or no interest on how to get it to run
Package X.  Therefore it would seem a logical partition.

For no-good reasons, I'd dearly like to see the new groups named
comp.sys.amiga.mac and c.s.a.msdos and c.s.a.st.  Can you imagine the
rage of the flamers from comp.sys.mac and comp.sys.atari.st when they
see "New group comp.sys.amiga.yourmachine subscribed" at 8 AM? :-)

On other matters:  c.s.a.futures should have a statement in its charter
stating that talk about (or requests for) future hardware should be
taken to c.s.a.marketing.  No smiley, we've put up with too many
whiners who have no idea of the economics of hardware development and
distribution.

c.s.a.marketing would be soooooo nice.

Jay Carlson
nop@gac.edu
"Excuse me--I'm just trying to find the _bridge_. Has anybody seen the bridge?"