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From: dltaylor@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Dan Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Top ten computers BETTER than amiga
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Date: 6 May 91 19:38:18 GMT
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In <8c9=MB600YU6QQ41tK@andrew.cmu.edu> rh2y+@andrew.cmu.edu (Russell E. Hoffman, II) writes:

>8. PDP-11 series.
>   Much more scientific software available. More easily portable, too. 

We could put a J-11 in the co-processor slot ;^).  Wouldn't it be FUN to
run RSX, or RSTS?  Hey, how 'bout Version 7?

>7. Gimix Micro-20.
>   No one's ever heard of it, so it's not likely that it will EVER become
>   the subject of a silly flame war. (oops, so much for that!)

It really is a nice little box.  Real-time OS, etc.  Needs a graphics
accelerator, though.  Wonder if I could hack my old A1000 chip set in? ;^)

There are LOTS of computers out there that are better than the Amiga for
some use, or other.  VAXen make TOTALLY excellent room heaters, for
instance.  The smaller ones, like 11-730s are usable as doorstops, too.

The only sad part is, sometime after 2000, the Amiga will be on someone's
funlist of computer uses.  I'll probably still be running my A2500, though.

Dan Taylor
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