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From: waynekn@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Wayne Knapp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A new Amiga from Japan?
Keywords: FM Towns
Message-ID: <5345@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM>
Date: 10 Jan 90 16:16:17 GMT
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In article <25aa930b.37ff@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>, cknight@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (King Claudius) writes:
> 
> I'm sorry, but this FM Towns sounds just like another
> PC clone to me...what's the big deal with it?

At the lowest level it could be considered just a PC clone, however at the 
higher end from the stuff I saw, it breaks ground that Amiga can't even 
begin to tread in.  From the things I saw I would have to say that the
FM Towns is far more suited for Video/Animation/Sound Production/Multi-
Tasking/Multi-Media applications than the Amiga is.  The big deal is that
I never realised just how far behind the Amiga is getting until I saw the
FM Towns.

Also I saw some pretty good graphics on the NEC computers, but I think 
the FM Towns is a system that really has all the things needed to be a
great desktop Multi-Media system with adding massive amounts of hardware 
or software. 

However, as an aside I should say that the Japanese computers have always
been ahead in graphics at least in the small computer area.  Japanese 
computer hardware seems to be really good stuff.  I saw genlocking of 
computer graphics onto video in 1984 on cheap MSX computers, it must have
been late 1986 before it was easy to get a genlock for the Amiga.

                                 Wayne Knapp