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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future
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Date: 8 Jun 91 01:08:25 GMT
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In article <1991Jun7.233654.24493@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes:

      It is very different.  The Amiga's clipboard was originally intended only
   for transferring straight ASCII text between applications.  It was never 
   intended to even be used to transfer graphics.  The clipboard on the Mac,
   however, is very sophisticated.  It transfers text and graphics flawlessly
   between applications, and nearly all applications support the clipboard.

      So, even if all Amiga applications supported the clipboard (a very big
   IF!), the Amiga's clipboard would still not compare at all to the clipboard 
   on the Macintosh.  The MAC's clipboard is as far above the Amiga's 
   clipboard as the Amiga's multitasking is above the MAC's multitasking.

I wouldn't say that.  For most applications non-preemptive
multitasking works fine, and it's not nearly as limiting when compared
to only having a clipboard that can only handle ASCII text.  That's
one strike against the most advanced OS on a PC.

      The Amiga's clipboard cannot be fixed, as it is too unsupported and
   weak to be fixed.  The clipboard needs to be totally replaced by something
   that supports transferring of graphic images from one application to
   another, independent of resolution or color format.  However, even if this
   were done, and the clipboard was replaced by something far better, it 
   would stile pale compared to the clipboard of the Macintosh simply because
   the MAC's clipboard is supported by nearly all applications.

How unfortunate.  A functional Clipboard is probably worth more to
most people than being able to display 60 frames per second.

-Mike