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From: kdarling@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Emulations  (was Re: Amiga 3000 vs. NeXT)
Message-ID: <1991Feb13.230520.661@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 13 Feb 91 23:05:20 GMT
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12121@helios.TAMU.EDU (Daryl) writes:
Craig> Clearly the A3000 is superior to the NeXT.
     > After all, the former can emulate a Mac.   P.S. :)
Kevin> Personally, I've always been confused about this particular "gloat"...
Daryl> First of all, the inital remark was smiley'd, so it's definitely
     > tongue-in-cheek humor.

  Gee, _no_ kidding. Shocker! And I suppose your newsreader missed my own:

Kevin> P.S. :) :)  Different viewpoint, eh?  :-) 

  <sigh>  I guess we need  c.s.a.a.joke  to clue some people in, eh?
  Obviously my quotes around "gloat" and three smileys weren't enough.
  [* insert wait state of 30 minutes here; deciding not to jab too much *]

>Anyway, taking your comment seriously, the Mac OS is hardly portable. 
>Every Mac emulator I've seen requires the Mac ROM images in some form.

  Okay then, seriously, I'll let someone else explain why this doesn't mean
  what you think (as far as 68K hardware portability goes).

>The only legal way to accomplish this is with real Apple-manufactured
>Mac ROMs.

  Ooops. Darn. You figured it partly out.  [& I didn't wait long enuf :-]

>Now, as to the marketability of this, if all things were equal,
>wouldn't you rather have a computer that ran software for 3 machines
>instead of just 1?

  Too much seriousness for me to take today.  <yawn>  Umm, depends on
  which machines, but probably: no.  Especially if I have to give up my
  multitasking to do so.  I'd also rather have software which ran on
  three machines instead of just one.  Gives me a choice of hardware.

Kevin>In addition, couldn't a Mac user claim: "I can move from a Mac to an
     >Amiga or ST or RISC without losing my programs, yet owners of those
     >computers cannot move to a Mac and do the same."  ??
Craig>But they wouldn't say that.  It's bad marketing.  How would this
     >help to sell *your* machines?

  Ah. Maybe you _did_ get the jokes after all <g>.  Alternative serious
  answer:  I didn't say "Apple Corp".  I said "user".  You don't think
  it's an advantage to a Mac user, that he can also buy/use an Atari STacy
  to run his Mac programs, instead of overpaying for a Mac laptop??  And
  is it a disadvantage that Unix users can buy other than AT&T computers?
  Yes, yes, I realize you were talking brandname hardware viewpoint :-).

PS : Hey, someone's gotta play devil's advocate, or our brains would lock.
PPS: I'm really not a mean old man. But you left off _my_ smileys. Not nice.
PPPS: Any of you guys who haven't yet bought Valentine flowers for your
college girlfriend, wake up now!  best - kevin <kdarling@catt.ncsu.edu>