Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!cbmnlu1!cbmnlux!ecl014!ronald From: ronald@ecl014.UUCP (Ronald van Eijck) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future Message-ID: Date: 6 Jun 91 17:46:19 GMT References: <6678@vela.acs.oakland.edu> <1991Jun03.053144.3208@ariel.unm.edu> <1991Jun4.003619.3661@news.iastate.edu>,<1991Jun4.025024.823@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <1991Jun4.105736.15468@news.iastate.edu> Organization: R&R Software Lines: 54 In article <1991Jun4.105736.15468@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes: >In article <1991Jun4.025024.823@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>, rjc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes: >>In article <1991Jun4.003619.3661@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu writes: >> >> >> [Where does he get these statistics?] >> >>> Time for a reality check. For 95% of the people in the Amiga community, >>>the Toaster is totally useless. The Toaster is not going to save the >>>Amiga, because it is a product intended for a very limited purpose. Few >>>Amiga owners have any need whatsoever for a special-effects box, and the >>>flickering display makes the Toaster unsuitable for other applications. >> >> Marc, are you epileptic? The reason I ask is because everytime you >>make an arguement against the Amiga you always bring up the flicker. >>NON-Flicker displays are expensive, NTSC incompatible, and only >>useful for TEXT processing. In short, if a machine doesn't have an > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>interlaced display mode, it sucks. >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Excuse me while I laugh my head of... > > HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! > > OK, that's better. Anyway, if you really, truly believe that flicker- >free displays suck, then you'd better tell that to the millions of people >who have purchased MAC and IBM systems with non-interlaced displays. >All of these people are totally stupid to be so converned about their >eyesight that they are willing to pay extra for a display that doesn't >flicker. Hell, having to change ones glasses or contact prescription >every few weeks has never hurt anybody. > >>/ INET:rjc@gnu.ai.mit.edu * // The opinions expressed here do not \ >>| INET:r_cromwe@upr2.clu.net | \X/ in any way reflect the views of my self.| >>\ UUCP:uunet!tnc!m0023 * / > / Marc Barrett -MB- | BITNET: XGR39@ISUVAX.BITNET / Silly me to respond on MB's remarks but who cares. Yes I am glad that the amiga display is flickering and that it is compatible with NTSC/PAL. This is the reason you can hook an Amiga to a VCR for less than $300 and the one and only reason the Amiga is so very populair for video applications. just my $0.02, -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ronald van Eijck {eunet!}hp4nl!cbmnlux!ecl014!ronald | | | | We do the impossible at once for a miracle we need a little more time | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+