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From: paul@pro-europa.cts.com (Paul Hutmacher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Re^2: Apple shoots own foot
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Date: 8 Feb 90 07:37:17 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from cs122aw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu

> Whoopee shit!  So you can get more games for the Amiga. Does that make it the
> better machine?  I don't think so.

You can get more games for the Amiga.  You can also get more games for the PC.
You can also get more applications for both machines than you can for the
Apple II.  That doesn't make the PC and the Amiga better machines but it does
appear that the Apple II is being passed up by the software houses for some
reason or another.  That is an indicator right there that something is amiss.

Once upon a time games were written on Apple II's and then ported to other
platforms.  Now we're lucky if someone wants to port to our platform.

> Your logic is on the level of a ten-year-old joystick junkie, apparently.

Quite possible but I really don't think there's a comparison.  Ten year olds
do not have the disposable income I have that has enabled me to buy hard
drives, monitors, //e's, IIgs's, etc etc.  I support my Apple II's with my
checkbook and have spent over five thousand dollars in the last year in
support of my computer hobby.  A lot of that money was spent in software
stores looking for the latest "ware" for my IIgs.

More and more I look with longing at the "dark side", the shelves chock full
of PC software.

> .. I know where the games are now.

Yeah.  Written for other machines.  Kind of sad isn't it?

> When I want to do serious computing, I'll stick to the Apple II.

So do I.  At least I stick to my IIgs.  I let my //e run my since it's faster
and not as much fun anymore.  However, and I'll insert this just for fun, I'm
also thinking "serious computing" now requires me to find a multi-user system
and install it in my computer room ;)

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