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From: cpca@iceman.jcu.oz (C Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Duped!!
Message-ID: <1030@iceman.jcu.oz>
Date: 14 Oct 90 05:29:03 GMT
References: <90284.232257JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Organization: JCUNQ, Townsville, Qld, Australia
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In article <90284.232257JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>, JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) writes:
> (alternate title might be "Damn am I glad I own an Amiga!!"  :-)
[ lots deleted ]
> 
> What I got was a lecture about how VGA only does 16 colors in 640x480
> and you have to drop to 320x200 (or whatever) to get 256 colors.  This
> is something I told them I thought was a cheap shot by all the folks
> hyping VGA and its wonderful palette.  They let me know pretty
> quickly that I had been duped, just like a lot of other consumers.

And if you think the Mac IIfx is good stuff, then take a look at the
Byte review of it.  The MacIIfx does not have SCSI with System 6.xx and
will not have it with System 7.0 either.  According to the review to 
get true SCSI you need a true multi-tasking operating system and
System 7.0 will still rely on MultiFinder for multi-tasking.

The only way to get SCSI DMA with your $11995 MacIIfx (list price in
Byte review) is with AUX.  Of course you can just buy an Amiga 500
for well under $1000 if you want real DMA....

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Colin Adams         Life's funny but I don't laugh
Email Address -     cpca@marlin.jcu.edu.au
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