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From: kgschlueter@watrose.UUCP (Kevin Schlueter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: RE: Amiga VS Mac
Message-ID: <8390@watrose.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 21-Jan-87 23:39:50 EST
Article-I.D.: watrose.8390
Posted: Wed Jan 21 23:39:50 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 22-Jan-87 06:26:24 EST
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Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Keywords: ST not equiv Amiga


I'm not really sure that the ST has almost all the features of the Amiga:

  -- the ability to display all graphics modes without requiring 
     separate monitors (in fact, different graphics modes may be
     displayed on the Amiga screen simultaneously).

 -- multitasking and multiprogramming

-- Hold and modify mode

-- printer independence

-- four DACS for sound generation

-- extensive use of DMA to minimize processor load

-- a versatile expansion bus which allows multiple processors to share
   the Amiga's memory

-- hardware graphics

-- expandibility beyond 1 meg in an elegant fashion (yes, the Mega ST's
   allow this, but it is a tribute to the Amiga's designers that the
   very first Amiga could do this)

- a reasonably advanced, message passing operating system that is
  STANDARD equipment.  Add ons are fine, but developers will probably
  write software for the OS that comes with the machine.

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I really don't think that the ST OS is superior to the Amiga's.  Many
of the reasons are listed above.

Finally, the Magic Sac may allow the ST to run some Mac programs.   
However, the Magic Sac emulates a Mac NOT a Mac Plus.  It may
be faster than a Mac but so is a Mac Plus (and the Mac Plus also
has the 128K Roms as opposed to the old, 64K ROMS in the Magic Sac).
It is my gut feeling that a Magic Sac is not the equivalent of a Mac Plus.