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From: zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Food for thought/Questions!
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Date: 30 Nov 90 22:54:31 GMT
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In article <90333.201003DEB110@psuvm.psu.edu> DEB110@psuvm.psu.edu (Doug Bischoff) writes:
>     I have an Amiga 3000 with ECS (naturally) and a Commodore 1950 Monitor.
>       Can I run a program written for a PAL machine?
...
>         b) I run  the program: looks exactly the same as it did under NTSC.
>            no change whatsoever.  Hints/tips?

The program has to be written to take advantage of the PAL screen.  If
you have any demos where the bottom 1/4 of the screen gets cut off (as
if these hardware level hacks would run on a 3000), try running it in
PAL mode to see the rest of the screen....

>     What would it cost Commodore to run a bulletin board for registered
>users?  Perhaps a (REASONABLE!!!!!!!!) 900 number BBS would not be too hard
>and/or expensive to keep up.  On this bulletin board could be such things
>as:
>        Product Upgrade information
>        Manual updates
>        Product Upgrades (ala WB 2.02)
>        Q-n-A sessions with the guys in the know
>        USENET-like posting areas (like the one you're reading now)
>        PD libraries (not everyone can FTP!)
>
>     Properly handled, with a Commodore-written Front-end that would be
>a graphic wonder mixed with ease-of-use and functionality, this would
>no doubt be one of the greatest customer-support tools in the industry. (?)
>     And, if handled properly, Commodore would make a killing in modem
>sales to new buyers if this was a feature that was stressed in their
>advertising!!

You mean like they did with (sarcastic gasp) QuantumLink?!?!?!

I miss Quantumlink, which I don't have since getting the Amiga.  It
would be nice if some person could port it to the Amiga.  However,
Quantum Computer Services is trying to get people to switch over to
one of their other services if they're doing the 8->16 (or 32) bit
Commodore transition.

It's silly of them, if you ask me.  That program would NOT be hard to
port to the Amiga, and it would drastically increase the potential
customer base.

           Dan Zerkle  zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu  (916) 754-0240
           Amiga...  Because life is too short for boring computers.