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From: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block)
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Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release
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From article <922@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM>, by dltaylor@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Dan Taylor):
> History:  the STANDARD was XT, 4.77 MHz, ISA, IBM BIOS.  There were
> several MS-DOS computers that DIED because they weren't as slow and
> stupid as the PC or XT, so the programs written for IBM PC's didn't
> run on them.
> 
> NOW: the STANDARD is XT, 4.77 MHz, ISA, IBM BIOS.  There's still a LOT
> of software that won't run properly on anything else.  So, MS-DOS still
> uses the 640K.  And 386's and 486's run in STUPID mode, most of the time.
> Why do you think so may boxes have clock "slow-down" modes?  Also, there
> are enough clones out that they have created a [34]86/EISA/Super VGA/
> Phoenix BIOS standard of their own.

No, these are the standard IBM.  NOT the standard computer.  Possibly
the _POPULAR_ computer, but definitely not standard.

> I'd say that when you can build a better computer, for a competitive price,
> and people buy the dumb one, instead, you have a standard.  Apple has
> created a standard Mac, Commodore has created a standard Amiga,...

No, but does an Amiga with a mac label on it make it a mac?  No, no
more than a 2000 without a label and a toaster in it makes it anything
less than a 2000 with a toaster in it.

> How many CPU boards would GVP have sold if they didn't run Amiga software?
> 

Wouldn't that matter if GVP had made it so it didn't run the software,
but had software out?  And if you put a GVP card into an Amiga and it
doesn't run amiga software anymore, then it's not really an amiga, is
it?  Sure, it's got everything to BE an amiga, but it can't run the
software, so it's not...  And just because we can run finder and IBM
software doesn't mean the amiga is a Mac or an IBM.

So far, no computer is standard outside of its own genre.  There's a
standard mac, a standard Amiga, and a standard IBM.  And though IBM is
the most popular, that doesn't mean it's standard.  And if you really
think it is, then why didn't you buy them instead of what you may
have?  Because the Amiga is a better computer.  Computers are too
preferential to label one with a "standard".

Greg

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