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From: bowen@sunybcs (Devon E Bowen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: (simple) Amiga questions
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Date: Mon, 24-Aug-87 09:04:48 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 24 09:04:48 1987
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I've got a few questions that should really be a breeze to answer for you
guys, but try to get a salesman to tell you...

I'm considering buying an Amiga. I know all the neat little tricks it can
do, like it's amazing graphics, voice synth, stereo sound, you know, the
things that the salesmen are taught about it. But, I want to know:

1) How well does it handle C? I guess I've been spoiled by UNIX, but
   I would really hate to program *anything* in another language. Even
   with nitty-gritty machine level stuff. Did I hear once that the Amiga
   OS is in modula? Maybe not...

2) How easily does this thing handle multiprocessing and what are its
   limits in this area?

3) How well does it handle multiple RS-232 devices. For example, I'd like
   to hook up two modems and have each modem run by a separate process
   simultaneously. Anyone see any problems here?

4) Is there any method of having multiple processes communicate? Sockets
   would be great, but, again, I think I've been spoiled by BSD UNIX.

5) And, of course, how's the Pac Man?   8-)

Any answers/experiences would be appreciated. Graphics and sound effects
are nice, but if it won't do what you want...

                                   Devon Bowen (KA2NRC)
                                   University of Buffalo

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