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From: de@comp.lancs.ac.uk (David England)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: In defence of Amstrad (and Plastic )
Message-ID: <613@dcl-csvax.comp.lancs.ac.uk>
Date: 9 Dec 88 10:49:34 GMT
References: <401500bd.14dc3@gogol> <23715@amdcad.AMD.COM> <17917@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <Dec.6.19.00.19.1988.13962@topaz.rutgers.edu> <27813@cs.tcd.ie>
Reply-To: de@comp.lancs.ac.uk (David England)
Organization: Department of Computing at Lancaster University, UK.
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In article <27813@cs.tcd.ie> omahony@cs.tcd.ie (Donal O'Mahony - OMAHONY@cs.tcd.ie) writes:
>In article <Dec.6.19.00.19.1988.13962@topaz.rutgers.edu>, porter@topaz.rutgers.edu (Adam L. Porter) writes:
>>	Various pro and con arguments omitted.

I have two beefs
1) I have an Amstrad portable PC (PPC 1640, 640K mem, twin floppies,
built-in 2400bps modem, cost less than 700 pounds). It runs all the
software I throw at it (C++, Turbo Pascal, DB(II and III), and various
PD stuff). I have no problems working at home and then either kermitting
stuff and taking in floppies to use on the PS/2 model 30's here. Other
clones are dearer and the original models are too expensive.

2) My first degree was Mechanical Engineering - modern plastics are
a perfectly good engineering material.


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