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From: martijn@dnlunx.pttrnl.nl (Reinalda M.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Sniffle, Sniffle no memory was (FAUG demo of Powermonger by E.A.)
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Date: 14 Dec 90 08:03:24 GMT
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I don't understand what you guys are fighting about. I use my Amiga  
for serious purposes most of the time. When I'm rendering a picture
in Sculpt THEN I want to multitask and startup another program. When I'm  
writing a text in VizaWrite THEN I want to be able to startup DPAINT
to draw some pictures and load them in Vizawrite. When I'm downloading
a program with my modem I want to startup 3 CLI's and CLImate and fool around
on my hardisk. For serious applications it's VERY important that the   
program uses the OS the way it should. If a program like Videoscape 3D 
would shut down the Workbench without being able to get it back I wouldn't
use the program anymore just because of that. 

(now comes..)
But when I'm playing STUNT CAR RACING I bloody don't care if the system
can still multitask or not !!!! Come on, games are entertainment. I love
games, couldn't live without them. And YES, I did have a C64, so what? Are
we going to piss on the 64 now that the better computers are here ? The 
C64 was one hell of a machine for it's time and very capable of doing both
serious applications AND games.
Game programmers can do what they want as long as it results in mega-sound
super fast graphics and die-hard action !!! 

In real life I'm a software/hardware man developing PC peripheral's etc.
I bought my Amiga because I love graphics, sound, multitasking and games.
That's only four things of the big list and there still no PC which can
offer me the same thing. (as long as they hold on to their stupid MS-DOS
it'll probably never happen) 

Phew, that was it,
Adult comments are welcome but don't nag about what your 486 machine with
windows 3.xx is capable of.

See ya,
Martijn Reinalda.


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