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From: xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Nigel Tzeng)
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Subject: Re: IBM a great game machine (an IBM guy's perspective)
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Date: 9 Nov 90 16:11:59 GMT
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In article <1990Nov8.215641.16149@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu>, smsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith) writes...
^ 
^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.

This may be get me flamed on an Ami group but a full blown IBM is a quite a bit
nicer than my Ami.  Then again I can have a half blown IBM in my Ami if
I wanted to or could afford it (386SX upgrade to BB, Targa, etc).

^ 
^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.

Not a flame but just a comment.  Currently my Ami runs as an Ami, a Mac and an
occational IBM (when I can snarf my friend's bridgeboard to play Red Storm
Rising...now out for the Ami so I never bother anymore).

I'm hoping to buy the used BB at $200.  So for $1800 (A2000HD), $300 (Amax I) 
and hopefully $200 (BB) I'll have all three.

Not bad for a game machine ;-).

^ 
^Why do I read this newsgroup?  Because I like games.
^ 
^S. "Stevie" Smith \  +  /

NT

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