Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!convex!killer!ltf
From: ltf@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Lance Franklin)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Amiga or PC-AT ?
Message-ID: <5078@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Date: 4 Aug 88 05:43:07 GMT
References: <1820006@hpuamsa.UUCP> <554@gort.cme-durer.ARPA> <2962@umd5.umd.edu>
Reply-To: ltf@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Lance Franklin)
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection BBS, Dallas, Tx
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In article <2962@umd5.umd.edu> brett@pigpen.UMD.EDU (Brett S Bourbin) writes:
>In article <554@gort.cme-durer.ARPA> brickman@rosie (Jonathan E. Brickman) writes:
>>In article <1820006@hpuamsa.UUCP> marco@hpuamsa.UUCP (Marco
>>Lesmeister) writes:
>>>I am thinking of buying an AT-clone with some graphics card in it,
>>>or maybe a commodore amiga would suit me just fine, but then I could...
>>I suspect the answer hinges on just exactly how much $$$ you've got
>>available.  I would ordinarily vote heavily against the Amiga, because
>>of three things:
...
>>(2) Very limited software availability.
>I would not say "very limited". Not nearly the size of the PC software base,
>but still there are many good titles available.

And I would guess that the software base in the area that Marco is looking
for (computer graphics, animation, etc.) is probably larger, more versatile
and less expensive for the Amiga than the AT...try and find animation programs,
ray tracers, paint programs for the VGA...nowhere near as much available, and
what is available costs an arm and a leg.  And once you get it on a VGA screen,
what do you do with it?  You certainly can't put it on videotape without some
expensive equipment.  No, if you want desktop video for the IBM, the only
answer right now is the AT&T Targa board, and we're talking big bucks for both
hardware and software (although I must admit, if you can afford it, the Targa
is worth it...very nice!)

Lance



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