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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Multimedia News (Re: Electronic Newspapers)
Message-ID: <4182@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 13 May 89 13:02:14 GMT
References: <8905031352.AA16555@mica.berkeley.edu> <174@marvin.moncam.co.uk> <499@atlas.tegra.UUCP>
Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <499@atlas.tegra.UUCP>, vail@tegra.UUCP (Johnathan Vail) writes:
> Yes Yes Yes, and it will happen but not with computers designed almost
> 10 years ago (over 5 at least).  Think in terms of tomorrows
> computers.  Think about something like a NeXT with more memory for
> real cheap.  Thats the minimum necessary.  It will happen.  Wait and
> see.

An Amiga *is* something like a Next but for real cheap. I'm not sure how
much memory is needed... the real cheap part is more important if you're
going to have something as common as a newspaper on it.
-- 
Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.

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