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From: smsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith)
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Subject: Re: IBM a great game machine (an IBM guy's perspective)
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Date: 8 Nov 90 21:56:41 GMT
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In article <9240@aggie.ucdavis.edu> kuan@iris.ucdavis.edu 
(Frank Kuan) writes:
>
>I've played my share of video games. I have played new games
>on the IBM. VGA or no VGA, the bottom line is that games on the
>IBM are inferior. With some insane assembly programming, it's
>possible to do a good job, but in general games on the IBM
>are slower, uglier, and sound like farts.

Well, well...another series in "Bash The Other Guy's System."

I am an IBM guy (IBM *compatible* to be exact--there is a 
difference :-) ).  But since I like to play games like all you
people out there I have come to know the difference between an
IBM and an Amiga system:  Amiga beats the socks off an IBM in
terms of graphics and sound.  Surprised you, huh?  Yes, I'll
be the first to admit that.  IBM machines were orginally designed
for *business* (the "B" in the name) and now they are being
stretched to do everything under the sun.  As far as I know the
IBM will never catch up with the Amiga in those respects.

But I also want to do other things with my computer.  And since
I don't have enough money for both (yet!) I choose the IBM.
I want to program, write a thesis that needs a word processor with
a foreign character set (WYSIWYG), display fractals, print quality
reports, and anything else I can find to do that is either fun
or profitable.

Why do I read this newsgroup?  Because I like games.

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