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From: jdickson@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Jeff Dickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Hardware Idiots ?
Message-ID: <1991May30.164117.7814@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 30 May 91 16:41:17 GMT
References: <21889@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1991May27.090523.8605@rulway.LeidenUniv.nl> <22006@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1991May30.095308.25743@rulway.LeidenUniv.nl>
Reply-To: jdickson@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jeff Dickson)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <1991May30.095308.25743@rulway.LeidenUniv.nl> breemen@rulcvx.LeidenUniv.nl (E. van Breemen) writes:
>In article <22006@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
>
>>>The Amiga IS a big C64 with lots of memory and nice custom chips. 
>>
>>No it's not!  You are absolutely wrong.  That's the problem.  The Amiga is 
>
>If you look from a theoretical hardware view it is. It is still a Neumann 
>machine. There are some extra features like a blitter,copper and DMA but
>the basic principle is still the same. The main difference is the OS.
>
>>something considerably more.  Keep the C64 in mind when you think of treating 
>>the Amiga the same way.  Ever notice how the C64 just kept improving over the 
>
>I bought one of the first A500 (no 14xxx). The OS hasn't improved for me.

	You don't get it. Dave H. was being sarcastic. C= couldn't upgrade
the C64, because too many developers took liberty to do things their way.
I bought one of the first A1000's sold on the West coast (November '85 I
think). Good'ol WorkBench 1.0! 

>I bought 1.3 1 year ago. Apart from FFS nothing much has changed.

	Relative to what? V1.3 is a hell of lot different than V1.0!

>For the normal user: Kickstart 2.0 is not released.

	I appreciate that C= wants to make sure V2.0 is bug free when it
comes out. It taking so long though, is about as un-nerving as the continual
flunctuation of sales tax in California.

[<wish list dribble deleted>]

	More, more, more. The Amiga packs the most punch for the price.
When I went for the Amiga, I was looking for a micro that was something
like the mucho expensive computers I used at work (Sun, VAX). The Amiga
came the closest. In fact it was and still is way out in front of the
competetion. You want more? Go out and buy it! You have the option.

-jeff

>>Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests"
>>   {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh      PLINK: hazy     BIX: hazy
>>      "That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight" -R.E.M.
>
>Erwin