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From: erict@flatline.UUCP (eric townsend)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general
Subject: Request opinions on Amiga as front end to 3b1
Message-ID: <289@flatline.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jan 88 06:21:48 GMT
Organization: flatline in Houston(Montrose, really), Tx.
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Keywords: 3b1, amiga, silly idea

[This is a repost, as the article apparently never left my site.
 if it did, and you recieved it, please drop me a line if you
 have a chance. There might be a problem within the local community.]

I'm interested in the Amiga, and I always have been.  I recently
acquired a 3b1/67meg/EIA-RAM expansion/DOS-73 board, and am very
happy with it except for it's horrible graphics and lack of internal
sound (other than feeeeeeeeeeee).

What I want is full-blown graphics/sound with multi-tasking, k&r c,
and lotsa development goodies.  I have the latter under control,
3b1's w/ full devlopment set are nice.

My question:
Should I
1. Trade my system for a full blown A2000 w/ hard drive (I could
   live w/o the dos bridge very easily, as I don't use my DOS-73 board now)
   and a lot of other goodies, or:
2. Get an Amiga 500 w/ Tektronics or some other emulation (writing my
   own graphics driver isn't out of the question, as I have the VDI
   drivers set) and use it as a front end box for the 3b1, or
3. Sell everything now before my machine's value drops drastically
   and hope that a good 680{2,3}0 box will come out this quarter with
   everything I ever wanted in a computer :-)?

Please post answers to the net, I think this information could be
of use to anybody with a graphics weak UNIX system who is interested
in expanding to a nice graphics box (cheaply).  I'd also like to hear
from Peter da Silva and all other Amiga hacks that have some UNIX
experience as to how hard/easy using an Amiga as front end to a
UNIX box would be.
-- 
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