Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!pacbell.com!tandem!zorch!sega0!mykes From: mykes@sega0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Lemmings - a tutorial Part V (last) Message-ID: Date: 27 Mar 91 16:48:43 GMT References: <23788@well.sf.ca.us> <23837@well.sf.ca.us> Organization: Amiga makes it possible Lines: 24 In article <23837@well.sf.ca.us> farren@well.sf.ca.us (Mike Farren) writes: >Then why do so many game developers keep treating it like it is? One >of the things the Amiga can do that those machines can't is to run a >full and fast multitasking OS - why are you so insistent that the first >thing we should do is throw that away? > I hate to respond to this twice, but... A PC can run UNIX and a Mac can run AUX. Those are fuller multitasking OS'es than the Amiga's although not as good at realtime response. Q: By the way, do you know why the Atari ST operating system is called TOS? A: Because the first thing you do is TOSS it. >-- >Mike Farren farren@well.sf.ca.us -- ******************************************************** * Appendix A of the Amiga Hardware Manual tells you * * everything you need to know to take full advantage * * of the power of the Amiga. And it is only 10 pages! * ********************************************************