Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!vsi1!zorch!amiga0!mykes From: mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Lemmings - a tutorial Part IV Message-ID: Date: 30 Mar 91 14:48:01 GMT References: <1991Mar29.230632.7066@grebyn.com> <1991Mar30.012529.7807@neon.Stanford.EDU> Organization: Amiga makes it possible Lines: 40 In article <1991Mar30.012529.7807@neon.Stanford.EDU> espie@flamingo.Stanford.EDU (Marc Espie) writes: >Uh, there are average users around who start with a 500 as a game machine, >then discover programming, and get more and more involved with the machine. >If you give them some multitasking games, they love it. >Also, don't forget that *around the world* there are places where an >amiga 500 is affordable for a CS student, and not a 2000. >I personnally know ``average users'' (some of them REALLY average) >who don't have access to usenet (nor to any network for that matter) >who gradually learn how to use their amigas for get more power, >or get interested in programming games. The day they discover multitasking >is a revelation. > Most Amiga owners are *NOT* programmers, nor do they want to be. The Amiga is popular MOSTLY among game players, followed by desktop video users. >To these people, a multitasking game is a much better example than a >very fast arcade game. The situation being what it is, they first start >writing games accessing the hardware because it is EASIER. The hardware >manual is less expensive than the RKM, shunting the OS does not require >a degree in CS and there are so many more examples available for them. > I disagree that it is easier. If it were easier, more people would do it. >BTW, my current address is in the US, but I'm french in fact. This >description matches very closely a group of friends, most of them interested >in programming but none has a high level instruction. >During the past two years, at least two out of five have acquired a harddisk >and a memory extension. Quid for the game machine with keyboard and disk drive ? >-- > Marc Espie (espie@flamingo.stanford.edu) -- ******************************************************** * 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! * ********************************************************