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From: jacurtis@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Jeff Curtis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: C128-Amiga
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Date: 15 Dec 89 19:22:21 GMT
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I have finally grown out of my (ugh) Commodore 128 and am considering 
purchasing an Amiga 500.  However I have a few questions before I plan
on spending at least $500 for it.

	1)  Does anyone have any serious complaints about either hardware 
	    or the operating system?

	2)  Since I have tons of 64 software and I know that there is a
	    64 emulation, I plan at least for awhile to use some of it.
	    Since all of it is on 5.25" disks is there a 5.25" floppy 
	    disk drive available and how is the 64 Emulator and will it
	    work with GEOS?

	3)  I love MS-Word for the Macintosh. Is there any word processing
	    program that is similar to MS-Word for the Mac?  Which word
	    processing and Desktop publishing programs would you recommend?

	4)  What is a good modem and telecommunications program for the 
	    Amiga (at least 1200 bps)

Thanks for any help anyone can qive me.  You may either post your responses
or E-mail them to me.

Jeff

Internet jacurtis@rodan.acs.syr.edu