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From: mpierce@ewu.UUCP (Mathew Pierce)
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)
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Date: 4 Mar 91 06:19:34 GMT
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In article <98707@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, tesst4@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Tobish E Smith) writes:
[stuff about Amiga HD's being as slow as Mac's floppy deleted]
I have the same feeling, but just the opposite!  When I use the Mac at school,
I am amazed at how slow it is!  It seems like my amiga's floppies are as
fast as the Mac's hard drives!
> hard drive seemed scarcely faster than my floppies.  We couldn't even 
> install most games on the hard drive due to the copy-protection!  Battle
I agree with you on the CP, it's insane but with the number of pirate 
dirtbags out there, some people go to extremes!
> Amiga itself.  The hardware inside is very nice.  However, almost all aspects
> of the user interface (hardware and software), coupled with the slow drives,
Your roomy must have had a slow controller and/or HD because the Amiga beats the
pants off of Mac when it comes to HD speed.
> if the _standard_ screen resolution ever evolves beyond 320X200) I think the
You really should get your facts straight and try to nail down what you mean
by "standard", because all of my apps run in 640*200 default, unless I set
them to 640*400.  There are 4 standard resolutions - 320*200, 320*400,640*200
640*400, not to mention the overscan modes, but then I bet you didn't know
that.
> Tob
> tesst4@unix.cis.pitt.edu
Matt Pierce