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From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: introduction, questions, A2000, RE: tilt
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Date: Sat, 7-Mar-87 03:31:58 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  7 03:31:58 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 8-Mar-87 13:33:24 EST
References: <419@weber.munsell.UUCP>
Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
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In article <419@weber.munsell.UUCP> klm@munsell.UUCP (Kevin McBride) writes:
>Dear Universe:
>
	On behalf of the universe :-)........

>I've read things that imply that you guys and gals out there have a
>lot of this USENET news and mail stuff running on your Amiga's. 
>
>	Is this true? and where can I get some?
>
	If you mean actually running uucp, rn, and mail on an Amiga, the
answer is, sadly, no.  Actually, not having uucp is probably a good thing,
since if we did, the USENET would probably collapse.

>Also, I'm very interested in the recent announcement of the A2000.
>I've read the "preview" in BYTE and it gives me some concern.  Are
>those of us with A1000s going to have a special place reserved in hell
>for us right next to the orphaned Osborne owners? 
>
	Nope.  ASDG will be supporting old 1000 owners with a new card cage
that will let you plug in hardware intended for the new machine.  Also,
Commodore fully intends to continue supporting the 1000.

>I've never seen a Sidecar, never read anything concrete about exactly
>what it is or what it does, and neither has my local Amiga dealer.  It
>must exist, for some people actually claim to own one.  What good is
>it, *really*? 
>
	None at all.  Unless, of course, you have this burning desire to run
IBM software on your Amiga.  Seriously, the Sidecar is a very neat hack, but
personally I have no use for one.  Everything I need or want to do I can do
using native Amiga software.  Some picking through your dealer's shelves and
through the Fred Fish public domain software collection should reveal any
tool you require.

>P.S.  To Leo Schwab: Thanks for tilt.  It was worth having to type it
>      in from a listing I generated on the Sun.  I chuckled.
>
	You're quite welcome.

>-- 
>Kevin McBride  -  Eikonix Corp.  -  23 Crosby Dr.  -  Bedford, MA  01730
>{{harvard,ll-xn}!adelie,{decvax,allegra,talcott}!encore}!munsell!klm
>Disclaimer:  Forgive my employers for they know not what I do

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