Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.misc:1359 comp.sys.mac.misc:9119 comp.sys.mac.games:3232 comp.sys.amiga.games:4805 Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven!uflorida!beach.cis.ufl.edu!jma From: jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams) 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: <27263@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Date: 4 Mar 91 07:56:30 GMT References: <27253@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <1991Mar3.223546.12173@rice.edu> <1991Mar4.022332.8904@csn.org> Sender: news@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Reply-To: jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams) Organization: UF CIS Department Lines: 41 In article <1991Mar4.022332.8904@csn.org> ullevig@tramp.Colorado.EDU (Ullevig Zachary A) writes: > >Think about the target market for each machine. The Amiga computers are not >designed to be great computers, but they are designed to take a big chunck out >of the game market. They don't have much power, but they are given great >graphics and sound to make for good game machines. Macs are too expensive to >buy simply as a game computer, so less games are made for the macs and most >mac users don't care that there are no graphics co-processors. The Amiga, with it's open architecture, is made to be anything one makes of it. How can you say they don't have much power what with the Agnus, Paula and Denice custom DMA co-processors. The Amiga 3000 can hardly be called low power with it's 030 and 882. If that's not fast enough, an 030 clocked at 50MHz is available for the 2000 series and the 3000 series has a slot waiting for the 040. It costs half as much to run a 3000UX (System V R4) vs. a IIFX with A-UX 2.0. And if the Mac had a graphics co-processor, EVERY user would notice since everything on the Mac is dependent on the graphics! Gawd, I should have known it would be a mistake subscribing to the Mac groups. All I'm reading are incorrect statements about the Amiga. Equipiping an Amiga 2000 with an 030 card costs a lot less than an 0 > > >______________________________________________________________________________ >| Zach Ullevig | "I like maxims that don't | >| University of Colorado | encourage behavior modification." | >| ullevig@tramp.colorado.edu | --Calvin | >|____________________________________________________________________________| -- John M. Adams --****-- Professional Student /// Internet: jma@reef.cis.ufl.edu Genie: vlad /// Only the Amiga Sysop of The Beachside, Amiga BBS, Paragon 2.0858 \\V// Makes it Possible Fido Net 1:3612/557. 904-492-2305 (Florida) \X/