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Subject: Re: Program load time
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Date: Mon, 21-Oct-85 21:12:23 EDT
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> So that's why you all have thrown your C64's in the closet,
> and are chomping at the bit to buy a new Amiga.  The
> question in my mind is, have they done it again?

> After a Kaypro or other vanilla CP/M machine, waiting 3
> minutes for 64K bytes of RAM to load from the disk is
> UNTHINKABLE.  But, did either of these constraints limit
> the products success?  Sometimes ignorance is bliss.
> 
>                           - Jay

After seeing demos of Both the ST AND the AMIGA, it is obvious that
both machines are reasonably fast.  Both load 256K in 20-30 seconds,
disk access/program load time is not a major factor.  The graphics
do flicker in high-res (this could be fixed using a better scan rate).
The impressive area is the multi-tasking.