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From: hgm@ccvr1.ncsu.edu (Hal G. Meeks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Genlock inquiry
Message-ID: <1990Jan8.161337.7597@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 8 Jan 90 16:13:37 GMT
References: <678@alias.UUCP> <3228@lmrc.uucp> <90006.120601JKT100@PSUVM.BITNET> <90006.203352SML108@PSUVM.BITNET>
Reply-To: hgm@ccvr1.ncsu.edu (Hal G. Meeks)
Organization: NCSU Computing Center
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In article <90006.203352SML108@PSUVM.BITNET> SML108@PSUVM.BITNET writes:
>In article <90006.120601JKT100@PSUVM.BITNET>, JKT <JKT100@PSUVM.BITNET> says:
>>
>>In article <678@alias.UUCP>, rhardock@alias.UUCP (Ron Hardock) writes:
>>>
>>> I am also unsure of what computer platform to choose.
>>> Beside the Amiga, other choices I can see are:
>>> - Atari STE/TT        (provides a color palette of 4096),
>>> - Atari ATW   (provides 16 million simultaneous colors),
>>
>>Maybe, but just take one look at the tiny amount of software that
>>supports this hardware when compared the the rapidly growing Amiga
>>libaries, and you might change your mind rather quickly.  :-)
>>
>Sheesh, another commode head.
No need to call anyone names, really. Bad form. 

>when are you guys going to realize
>that Apple is the enemy, with the lion's share of the pie, whilst
>you split hairs over the crumbs? 
A/V Video, a reasonably decent trade publication that a friend has written
for (TV*Text review for one), recently placed the Amiga at having a clear
dominance of the desktop video market, based on reader replies. Somewhere in
the neighborhood of 47%, I believe. Apple is currently slogging it out with
the rest of the contenders. I would never underestimate Apple's ability to
change this in the future, however. Also, take note of the "FM-Towns" that
are currently the hot thing in Japan. NTSC compatable, with built in CD-V
units. All they need is a reasonable operating system ;-)                
>I'd put out the rest of my non-existent wad and buy security with
>the Mac II.
Currently, I believe the Amiga offers considerably more for the doller than
the MacII, if you are interested in certain applications. It works well in
non-broadcast enviroments (cablecasting is okay). You don't really need to
spend $10,000+ if you are working with SVHS, or older 3/4" equipment, if all
you want are titles, and simple animation capability. Believe me, there are
a lot of people who fit into this catagory.
>
>Scott Le Grand  "If you like peanuts, you'll LOVE Sci-Fi!"

--hal

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