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From: sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Next Amiga system
Message-ID: <3590.AA3590@heimat>
Date: 9 Oct 88 03:48:14 GMT
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Organization: Sneakers Computing
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In Message <2756@sugar.uu.net>, peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:

>In article <3678.AA3678@heimat>, sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) writes:
>>   What are you getting at Peter? Do you want a Un*x version of Deluxe Music?
>
>Be nice, but no.
>
  Somehow the idea of Deluxe Music under Unix reminds me of the difference
  (sound wise) between Flight Simulator on the Amiga and a MS-DOS machine.

>>   Or do you just want to run AmigaDOS & Un*x at the same time (like we do
>>   with the bridgeboard & Messy-DOS)?
>
>Give the man a cigar. Yes, this is what I want to do. To be precise, I want
>to run UNIX *under* AmigaDOS. I want a real-time UNIX. This technology has
>been demonstrated (BSD under Mach, for example) and I believe that everything
>UNIX needs is provided by AmigaDOS.
>
  Mike Ditto has explained (rather well) why this is not the ideal choice.
  And I could not agree more.

>>	I think a 386 clone & Un*x would cost
>>   you more than the Amiga Un*x (but until its released thats up for debate).
>
>Maybe, maybe not. But within a few months of introduction, if chip prices
>fall the way they usually do, a 386 clone + UNIX will definitely be cheaper.
>Quantity, quantity, quantity.
>
  Well when a 386 machine w/Unix becomes cheaper than Unix for the Amiga, guess
  I can have a backup system :-) For some reason I just don't see where someone
  can produce an entire machine (hd, monitor, ect) and include Unix for less
  that CBM can sell a HD and Unix. Im basing this on *not including* a 020
  board because some of us already have them ;-) -=- but even with a 020 board
  it shouldnt cost more. Remember when ram prices drop for a 386, they also
  drop for a 020. And as the 386 increases in popularity and prices drop, the
  same thing is happening for the 020 as well.

>You should be spending your resources on stuff that Only The Amiga (tm) can
>do.
>
  I agree to a point. Yes there are things that the Amiga would just be better
  at than other computers, but just as important is the ability to do the things
  that other computers *CAN* do.

>>   Regarding [serial-ports] im
>>   sure it will not be much longe before something becomes available.
>
>Information. We want... Information. You are number 6.
>
  #6 for what ?!?

>>   I get the idea your not happy with something, but im not sure what or why.
>
>I want something so revolutionary that it will bring the Amiga back to the
>front of the pack. It's like a drag-racer... it was way ahead at first, but it's
>beginning to run out of gas and the bad guys on their mopeds are catching up.

  Maybe im beginning to see the problem here..... What are mopeds (and bad guys)
  doing on a drag strip?


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