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From: ckp@grebyn.com (Checkpoint Technologies)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Sorry Guys, There is NO WAY!
Summary: As are most, I'm sick of this.  However...
Keywords: AMIGA 3000 vs NEXT
Message-ID: <23853@grebyn.com>
Date: 7 Dec 90 04:43:35 GMT
References: <25671@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <21930@well.sf.ca.us> <14701@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> <21993@well.sf.ca.us>
Reply-To: ckp@grebyn.UUCP (Checkpoint Technologies)
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In article <21993@well.sf.ca.us> yoo@well.sf.ca.us (Young-Kyu Yoo) writes:
>To Thom Cleland:
>  As for matching NeXT's price/features, the Amiga has a very long way to 
>go.  Where's that Amiga DSP?  Those Amiga DMA channels?  That Amiga Mach with
>parallel processing capabilities?  That 2.88 MB floppy drive compatible with
>both 720K and 1.44 MB MS-DOS formats?  

So where's the NeXTstation's high-performance multi-master 32-bit
autoconfig(tm) bus?  Where's it's NTSC compatible video output? Where's
it's *second* floppy drive bay? You all must find one floppy drive (or
zero for those with the optical disk) pretty limiting.

As for options, where's your Mac emulator?  Where's your MS-DOS
bridgecard?

The A3000UX, with System V release 4, is Posix-compliant, which opens
the door to federal procurement nicely.  How does Mach fare?  (Oh, I
forgot - Jobs claims the OS isn't important to a purchaser, it's just
a base for applications, which are important.  A standard OS doesn't
matter.)

(BTW you must not have known that the Amiga wrote the book on DMA
channels, with 25 residing in Agnus chip servicing the custom chippery,
and bus mastering DMA peripherals on the expansion bus.)

OK, now let's all get it out in the open.  We both (NeXTers and Amigans) were
attracted to a machine which seemed to offer better performance and
features than the accepted institution, the PC and Mac.  We both believe
we've chosen the best machine for the price.  We become insecure enough
when we see how few people have made the same choice, and so are prone
to defensiveness.  (No one with a PC needs to defend or justify it.)
It is more unnerving when we see others who have made a different
choice for the same reasons - superior price, performance, and features.

So people, beleive me when I tell you, it's possible for us *all* to
have made the right choice!  Whether we chose a NeXT, Amiga, Atari ST,
PC clone (ugh), or Timex Sinclair (OK, OK, I'm just making a point),
it was a valid and correct choice for the reasons we chose it.  So all
of you go home, relax, and have a happy holiday.
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