From: dtiberio@csws19.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
Subject: Re: EGGPLANT, IMPLANT, EMPATH, BLAZEPLANT...
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 06:50:41 GMT

In article <1992Nov14.013439.153540@watson.ibm.com> arsouth@watson.ibm.com (Andrew R. Southwick) writes:

>Yes, graphics cards.  Does the Emplant + Amiga + 040 + (your choice) have
>NuBUS slots?  If it does not, all the video options open to real Mac users
>are closed.

	What VIDEO options? :) The Emplant board supports any Amiga graphics
board once you get the proper driver, and of course uses the native graphics
of the Amiga to display color ie VGA on an A4000.

>Additionally:
>- a MIDI box (external) that plugs into a serial port that works with 
>  Vision and Performer;

	DUH, buy a MIDI card.

>- Accelerators, when I decide (and have the money) to upgrade

	DUH, buy an accelerator and plug it into the Amiga 32-bit accelerator
slot, or the 68k socket for those who have 68000's.

>- Non-ethernet networking cards

	Emplant comes with an AppleTalk post and a serial port. Or you could
buy the Double Talk card for the Amiga which also has an AppleTalk port.

>- Application-specific accelerators

	What a stupid concept. Or do you mean floating point co-processors?
I would not buy a MacWrite accelerator card or a Quickdraw acccelerator card.

>- Peripheral (e.g. Scanner) cards

	The Amiga supports SCSI, my dear friend, and so does Emplant.

>- SCSI devices (which the A4000 does not support out-of-the-box)

	It's not like SCSI controllers cost more than $90. Just buy one
and plug it in, or when you order your Emplant, say "I want the one that
has the built in SCSI controller".

>- Sound cards, for sampling or improved (4-channel or more) output
>  and editing

	What, a computer with 4 channels of sound? My God! How technology
has risen since 1985 when the Amiga 1000 introduced 4 channels of stereo
sound!

>Are you even buying a computer?  If not, then what does it matter to you
>whether one machine is better or not?

	Because I buy software for my computer, and I use it. It is my 
business and my college major.

>Because there is much more to a computer than speed.  Like the OS. 

	Exactly. That's why I don't use a Macintrash. Nothing beats the
Amiga OS.

>If speed
>is the only issue, then everybody in the world should be using 486/66's, or

	Does a 486/66 run twice as many MIPS as a 486/33? No, it doesn't?
I wonder why it runs at about the same number of MIPS? Could it be that
it is not running externally at 66? Gee, what blatant false advertising...

>Co-operative multi-tasking is not evil.  Sometimes it is a pain, but most of
>the time, compiles are not long.  And if they are, I can bg the app.
>Infini-D, for example, has a after-dark (screen-saver) compatible module that
>will let you render instead of starting up another screen saver.  Great for
>caffeine, sugar, salt, carbohydrate, and urea breaks, too.

	Yeah, screen savers are the proof of a good computer. In fact, I have
now 120 megabytes of After Dark modules on my Mac. In fact, I run my Mac all
day just to see the screensavers. Very good  if you are downloading from a
bbs and like to get 30cps with 2400 baud modems.




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