Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.misc:1316 comp.sys.mac.misc:9076 comp.sys.mac.games:3195 comp.sys.amiga.games:4767 Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!ducvax.auburn.edu!eng.auburn.edu!fstuart From: fstuart@eng.auburn.edu (Frank Stuart) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.games,comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: Mac and Amiga (Games--Macintosh vs A500) Message-ID: Date: 4 Mar 91 02:55:16 GMT References: <27253@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <1991Mar3.223546.12173@rice.edu> <1991Mar4.013846.26519@gsm001.uucp> Organization: Auburn University Engineering Lines: 28 Nntp-Posting-Host: lab16.eng.auburn.edu In article <1991Mar4.013846.26519@gsm001.uucp> gsm@gsm001.uucp (Geoffrey S. Mendelson) writes: >>I'm actually considering buying one of these, to supplement my mac. >>(Heaven help me--a machine with DOS!) IS IT WORTH IT? > > >Amiga-Dos as it is called is not MS-DOS. It is a very good multitasing >operating system with a built in window interface. It also has a command >line interface for people who prefer to type. Many people have switched >from Macs to Amigas and vice versa because they prefered one over the other. > >Being a Mac person, you will be happier with an Amiga than with an IBM >clone. >-- >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >| Geoffrey S. Mendelson | Computer Software Consulting | Dr. | >| (215) 242-8712 | IBM Mainframes, Unix, PCs, Macs | Who | >| uunet!gsm001!gsm | | Fan too!| >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >| WANTED: PAL VIDEO TAPES (VHS or BETA) inquire within. | >| Especialy "missing" Dr Who Episodes. | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't forget AMAXII and bridgeboards. These allow you to actually "be" either a Mac (running slightly faster than a Mac Plus) or an I*M clone (for those of you with a keen interest in spreadsheets ;>) --Frank fstuart@eng.auburn.edu