Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!well!farren From: farren@well.sf.ca.us (Mike Farren) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Lemmings - a tutorial Part IV Message-ID: <23949@well.sf.ca.us> Date: 31 Mar 91 16:56:44 GMT References: <1991Mar29.230632.7066@grebyn.com> Lines: 22 ckp@grebyn.com (Checkpoint Technologies) writes: >I too saw the original Amiga 1000 as a poor man's workstation, only >the market did not pan out. So now, while I'll grant the A2000 is a >video platform, the A500 is just a game console with a disk drive and a >keyboard. And nothing more. Jeez - I'll have to tell that to the many folks I know who are actually doing development on an A500. They'll be so disappointed - even though they know that an A3000 would be better, they seemed pretty happy with what they have. hell, I might have to tell that to myself - my financial situation may well demand that I sell my loaded 2000 system in favor of a much cheaper 500 system. I'm real sorry to know that I can't do anything but play games on it - it'll make posting to Usenet *real* hard. All this "typical user" crap is exactly that - crap. The typical MS-DOS user is a competent professional, using the machine for professional tasks. Does that mean that an IBM PC is a great computer? -- Mike Farren farren@well.sf.ca.us