Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
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From: davidc@contact.uucp (Ice Weasel)
Subject: Re: AMIGA DEMOS: Europe VS. USA
Reply-To: davidc@contact.UUCP (Ice Weasel)
Organization: Institute for the Bereaved Lemmings
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 91 00:48:34 GMT
Message-ID: <1991Apr25.004834.18950@contact.uucp>
Keywords: demos

In article <1991Apr23.014906.4188@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:
>BTW, I've been programming since the age of 13, and I used to code
>demos on the C64. When I got an Amiga, is was time for college
>and without a  monitor/debugger/freezer cartridge like I had on the C64,
>it is a little harder to bash the hardware because of GURU/Lockups and
>the long time it takes to reboot the whole environment. Also, 
>my grades suffered during high school because of my fascination with
>programming and telecomputing. If the Amiga sales pick up in the US,
>perhaps some more demo coders may arise, but  most of the new programmers
>I see arive on the Amiga are "looking for a good C compiler" so I guess
>assembly language hacking is losing it's popularity.

Well, there *IS* a Monitor/Debugger/Freezer cartridge! It's called the
Amiga Action Replay II and sells for around $100... It's GREAT and
perfect for the applications you describe...

-- 
Dave Carlton (davidc@ziebmef.mef.org!white.toronto.edu) or
             (davidc@nsq.uucp) or (davidc@contact.uucp)
"There's more than one way to skin a cat", Lydia thought, as she
nailed the little paws to the dissection board... Richard Deming