Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!agate!bionet!apple!rutgers!mailrus!ncar!noao!asuvax!nud!dover!fullmer From: fullmer@dover.uucp (Glen Fullmer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: My ramblings on the NeXT machine Keywords: clunk Message-ID: <551@dover.uucp> Date: 25 Nov 88 16:25:28 GMT References: <26812@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <;1> Reply-To: fullmer@dover.UUCP (Glen Fullmer) Organization: Motorola CAD Mesa, AZ {dover} Lines: 23 In article <;1> karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM ([Karl Denninger]) writes: >Yes, the Amiga was the first multimedia system. I have worked on one, >played with it, and even programmed the bugger. The Amy 1000 looked, >smelled, and played like a game machine -- but the current A2000 is NOT of >the same genre. >-- >Karl Denninger (karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM, ddsw1!karl) >Data: [+1 312 566-8912], Voice: [+1 312 566-8910] >Macro Computer Solutions, Inc. "Quality solutions at a fair price" I am not sure where you "looked and smelled" but the only basic difference between the Amy 1000 and the A2000 is the backplane, IBM BridgeBoard, and the fact that it looks like an IBM AT. If not having the IBM "look and smell" makes one a game machine, then NeXT also falls into that category. Game machine = fast, interactive, multi-process, color graphics. ^^^^^ NeXT doesn't completely fit my definition of a game machine yet, but hopefully NeXT year! -- _____ _ "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence" {____/ // "over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." \ // _ __Richard P. Feynman, Appendix F of Shuttle Disaster Report {____/