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From: torban@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Torban Bennett)
Subject: Re: Skip to the Aggravation
Organization: Murdoch University
Date: 23 Nov 92 08:50:36 GMT

jgrimm@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999) writes:

>Quoth torban@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Torban Bennett):
>]> 
>]> And what about us Australian's.  Can't you annoy us as well.  Pleeeeeas!
>]> 
>]> Torban Bennett - Net lurker at large     torban@murdoch.edu.au

>Yaknow, that Vegamite is pretty nasty stuff...

>(couldn't let you feel left out! :-)

Awww, come on! It ain't _that_ bad  ;-)   (Just spread it *thin*!)
(Besides it isn't Australian owned, so we're not allowed to buy it ;-)

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Subject: ANYone Who Was At COMDEX (contest thing)
From: avogel@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Date: 17 Nov 92 18:44:16 EST
Organization: Wesleyan University

Someone esle asked this earlier and it was not replied to in the group at
least.
	Who won the A4000 or A600HD or the AVpro ???
It was supposed to be announced at the COMDEX show.  Thanks.
From: root@rkamiga.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re:   Oh my God! Help my friend not buy an IBM!
Distribution: world
Date: 18 Nov 92 14:23:28 EST
Organization: Rick's Amiga

In article <4cJcuB5w165w@bugend.edvina.se> ralph@bugend.edvina.se (Staffan Vilcans) writes:
>root@rkamiga.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:
>
>> Define a workstation.  At one time the PC/XT was considered to be a
>> workstation.
>
>IDC have a definition of a workstation:
>
>* The main difference is in the operating system.
>* A PC uses DOS, OS/2 or MAC OS.
>* A workstation uses specific OS, UNIX, VMS, MVS and so on.
>* The secondary difference is the CPU.
>* PCs uses 8, 16, 32 bit CPUs.
>* A workstation uses M680x0 or a RISC.

Which are usually 32 bits.

>* A PC is a PC even if it uses single of multiple user UNIX like SCO 
>  Xenix, Interactive IX and so on.

Then why is a 486/33 running UNIX and X11 faster than a SUN IPX?

>I hope this answeres your question.

It sounds like the IDC is funded by RISC processor manufacturers.

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From: 22black@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Martin Black)
Subject: Re: What Amiga Users Want In Future Software Applications!!!!
Organization: Western Michigan Univ. Comp. Sci. Dept.
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:01:48 GMT

rjpogain@socs.uts.edu.au (r j pogainis) writes:

>>In a message dated Fri  6 Nov 92 16:17, Djkordsm@quesadilla.engr.ucdavis.ed
>>wrote:

>> D>  So the A4000 is finally out.  We've got the A1200 on the horizon,
>> D> with more 
>> D> computers promised.  I think we can all stop disputing over the fact
>> D> that the a4000
>> D> is an awesome machine and CBM is on the right track.  

>> D>  None of this means anything without software.  

>This is an important point, and I believe that CBM themselves are trying to solve this problem with the introduction of the new credit card slot.  This will reduce piracy, meaning that developers profits will be increased, so they will stay with the Amiga, and other developers will join in.

Cute assumption but, there is no pcmcia slot on the a4000.  Thus nearly 
eliminating that idea.  

Martin


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From: stevep@wrq.com (Steve Poole)
Subject: High-end Amiga as Mac replacement
Organization: Walker Richer & Quinn
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 00:38:57 GMT

I've been a Mac user for years. I'm getting close to a point where I'd
like to upgrade my home system, and am thinking about the possibility of 
an Amiga with Mac emulation, since I have ROMs. I used an Amiga 1000 a 
fair amount a few years ago, but haven't really kept up with the Amiga 
state of the art.

So, I have some specific requirements and questions. Does Amiga still 
do that cheesy interlaced video? Is 24/32 bit video fast? Does Amiga OS 
enforce memory protection yet? Does the workbench support things like 
drag/drop, aliases, and multiple views? Does Amiga know any networking 
protocols like AppleTalk or NFS? Does anyone make LocalTalk hardware for 
the Amiga so I can toss it onto a cheap Mac net?

As for Mac emulation, I've been following some of the Emplant squawking 
over in c.s.a.e. Are there other emulators? Do they do color? Do they 
really work?

Here's the minimal hardware specs I'm looking for:

25 MHz 68040, 32 megs RAM, 1280 x 1024 x 32 bit video, 16" monitor (NO
interlaced video!), Mac emulation with a ROM *DUMP*.

Is a system like this available? How about good LISP and C++ environments?

Well, that's a bunch of questions. I'd appreciate any insights,
especially from software pros with Mac experience.  Thanks!
  - Steve

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From: das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A)
Subject: What AMAX is.
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:34:55 GMT

Thanks for the Amax info, Kelvin.

Does anyone know how this compares to the 'Calmus' (sp?) Mac 
emulator available fot the AtariST?
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From: joel@dflores.eagle.mission.tx.us (Joel Garza)
Subject: ...more bandwidth...
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 05:26:25 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Organization: Dave's Amiga

Just a quick not to the person from RIT.

Why do they call it R(ochester) I(nstitute) (of) T(echnology)
if it's in South Henrietta?

;)

Long way from home (Western NY)

JAGuar
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From: tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran)
Subject: Re: NEWTEK: WHAT HAPPENED?
Organization: Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 04:41:55 GMT

In article <1992Nov23.220207.28428@usl.edu> das9674@usl.edu
(Stephenson Daniel A) writes:

>Perhaps the top people at Newtek simply want the Toaster to be an
>'appliance', and therefore see IBMs/Macs as a better road to follow.

Exactly. Why narrow your market when you can appeal to everyone without
any inherent stigmas or bait for technophobes?

>Surely, they would have an easier time selling them to businesses who might
>need them if it were a 'graphics box', rather than an Amiga computer with an
>add-on.

True enough. More of the 'plug and play' mentality.

>By the way, HOW does the Toaster do neat graphics things.  As a matter
>of fact, WHAT can a toaster do, specifically?  

24-bit composite framebuffer, painting, rendering, visual effects, character
generation etc.

>I know it is generally a whiz-bang graphics producer, but the only time I ever
>saw one working was a really lousy demo on Computer Chronicles some time ago.

You've probably seen many more examples of it's use and simply weren't aware
of it. Babylon-5 is being lauded as the best example.
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 20:29:08 EST
From: Chris "Slothman" Stoy <CMS129@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Weak-mindedness & piracy & drugs (oh boy) (LONG)
 <BxuDML.CA0@starnine.com> <Bxv9z6.I5D@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
 <BxxHxo.99o@javelin.sim.es.com>

<Oh good, now we get to argue about drugs. Boy the Amiga is versitile!>

>> No, they're not good ideas, you bloody conformist.  They're society's
>> ideas and what they want you to do/believe.  Sheesh, get a mind of your
>> own.  Why is "say no to drugs" a good idea?  Sure, I agree piracy is
>> wrong, but when it comes to drugs, the govt. has no right to tell us
>> what we put in our bodies.  So you must be one of those fools who thinks
>
Well, you're right. If you want to kill yourself by using drugs, go right
ahead. the government can't *stop* you from doing it.  I guess you don't see
anything wrong in drug dealers selling crack to gradeschoolers either. Hell,
the kids obviuously want the stuff, why should the government prevent them
from getting it?  Jeese! EVERYONE knows that drugs aren't *bad* for you or
anything.  Plus, it's a fact that most drug users are the nicest, friendliest
people you would ever want to meet.  We all know that someone who uses drugs
only hurts themselves and never anyone else.

If you believed that shit then put down the crack pipe long enough to open
your eyes.  YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY PERSON IN THIS WORLD!!!!  The mere fact that
you live in a society means that you give up certain personal rights for the
benifit of society.  If you don't like this, go live in the woods and quit
complaining!   The government is there for SOCIETY, not individuals.  By
using drugs you threaten other peoples rights and lives.  "oh, well, smoking
a couple joints isn't going to hurt anyone".  Tell that to the family of six
who you just took out with your car because you wern't able to drive. (This
goes for all those out there who had "one for the road" and drove home drunk.
I have no simpathy for drunk drivers.)

We are all individuals who live in a scoiety.  In order to live in that society
we must follow the laws that society has put down for us.  If we don't want to
live in that society, then we don't have to follow the laws.  Of course, you
mmust be willing to accept the fact that society is still there and may not be
too happy with what you decided to do.  The law is for the good of society,
not the good of the individual.  If the society were to condone drug use, then
the society would collapse. It's that simple.


Oh ya, pirating is bad. Don't do it.


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From: jgrimm@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999)
Subject: Re: Skip to the Aggravation
Organization: NCR (Torrey Pines Development Center)
Disclaimer: This posting does not necessarily reflect the opinions of NCR.
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 19:38:21 GMT

Quoth torban@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Torban Bennett):
]> 
]> And what about us Australian's.  Can't you annoy us as well.  Pleeeeeas!
]> 
]> Torban Bennett - Net lurker at large     torban@murdoch.edu.au

Yaknow, that Vegamite is pretty nasty stuff...

(couldn't let you feel left out! :-)

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From: jm39s70@sycom.mi.org (Jim Mallory)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: The piracy argument to end all arguments....
Date: 16 Nov 92 16:53:30 GMT
Organization: Michigan Information eXchange
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>Sure, this thing goes on in peoples houses everywhere, why do you think
>blank video and audio cassettes (as well as disks) sell so much.  The point
>is however, that despite the _rampant_ disregard for copyright here, the
>volume of sales is still huge!  
>There are two main reasons for this, firstly the sheer
>number of people that listen to music, compared to those that are
>interested
>in computers.  2nd (and this is related) the price per unit of music is so
r

I dunno....maybe because I don't have a CD player in my car, and I don't 
always have access to my LaserDisc player all the time...that is why I buy 
blank tape.

Jim
From: pjotr@ludd.luth.se (Peter Sj|str|m)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: The Falcon has a 16 bit bus
Date: 22 Nov 92 19:42:59 GMT
Organization: Lule} Tekniska H|gskolas Datorf|rening - Ludd

In <37212@cbmvax.commodore.com> grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) writes:

>> Yes, the Falcon has a 16 bit data bus and a 24 bit address bus.
>> Just like the Mac LCII and Classic.  DSP or no, the Falcon doesn't 
>> sound quite so attractive anymore, does it?

>There were rumors to the effect that this was the bus interface it provided
>at the "expansion slot", but are you *sure* that the internal bus is 16-bit?
>I would really doubt it, so please check you facts before spreading more
>mis-information.

	Someone just posted in comp.sys.atari.tech a quote from Atari itself
that said something like "The Falcon has a 24 bit address bus and a 16 bit
data busm which is reflected by the expansion bus." My impression was
that it indeed is 16 bit from CPU to memory.

		/Peter
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From: torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie)
Subject: Re: Notebook Computers Dominate Comdex
Originator: torrie@Xenon.Stanford.EDU
Organization: CS Department, Stanford University, California, USA
Date: 24 Nov 92 03:17:55 GMT

root@rkamiga.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:

>We're talking $2000+ for a mono laptop, and add approximately $2300 to that
>for a color LCD screen.

>I have never seen a laptop with a screen that I really liked.

  Most people (including me) seem to think that the Powerbook 170/180
screen is as good as a CRT, although it is only monochrome.  Have you 
spent much time with one of these?



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From: ggg@kepler.unh.edu (Gregory G Greene)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Amiga or Messy-DOS
Date: 19 Nov 1992 09:13:25 GMT
Organization: University of New Hampshire  -  Durham, NH
NNTP-Posting-Host: kepler.unh.edu

'>> Another thing to consider is the price. A 486 is about $3000 here
'>> in sweden. A 3000 costs about $3500 and a 4000 is somewhere around
'>> $4500.
'>
'>Of course, the only PC you can get for less than an equivelent Amiga
'>is a clone... Weren't we talking about reliability as a requirement
'>somewhere?

	Not all clones are pieces of junk as you imply.  There are some very
   reliable clones out there that are high quality.  My Gateway 2K 486 has
   never had a single problem.  Dell PC's are very nice also.  Commodore is
   not exactly perfect when it comes to reliability either.  My A500 had
   many problems, including bad chips, bad floppy drive, bad keyboard, and
   a 2002 monitor that was terrible.  I knew someone that had a A3000 with
   similar problems, so I wouldn't say that the Amiga was more reliable then
   PC clones.

'>> A drawback  with a PC is of course Messy-DOS and Windows.
'>
'>This IS a major drawback %^)

	No one is forcing you to get it.  Take a look at alternatives like
   OS2 2.0, desqview, UNIX.  

'>The Amiga is just a damn nice, well integrated, powerful,
'>userfriendly machine.  A PC is just a heap of junk (even if it has a
'>V8)

	My experience with my Amiga and my PC tells me otherwise.  I'm not
   giving up on the Amiga though, I'm hoping that the new AGA machines are
   built a heck of a lot better then previous Amigas I have used.

							Greg Greene
                                                        ggg@kepler.unh.edu


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From: jerry@mickey (Jerry Shekhel)
Subject: Re: HEIDI'S DECISION. Was: Oh My God, help my friend not buy an IBM
Organization: J. Random Misconfigured Site
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 10:49:16 GMT
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fabrizio lodi (lodi@ghost.dsi.unimi.it) wrote:
:
: Open the WorkBench screen in 4 colours. Then open another screen
: in HAM (use Dpaint or an image viewer). Now drag one screen to the
: half of the monitor. Now you have one screen on another. One with
: 4 colour and one with 4096 colours. Open the WorkBench at 620x512 and
: you also have a 4 colour hi-res screen and a 4096 colou low-res screen.
: One on another. There isn't any computer capable of doing that.
: Noone can because noone have the hardware for doing multiscreen.
: Yes, you can simulate screens with no-bordered windows. But you can't
: simulate the two-resulution-or-more-on-the-same-monitor!!!!
:

My 1981 Atari 800 can do this; in fact, it can display all 10 (or so) of its
resolutions on the same screen, including mixed text and graphics modes.
Wasn't it the same guy who designed the custom chips for both machines?

:
: Fabrizio Lodi
:

Jerry J. Shekhel				jerry@msi.com
Spending a week in the UK!
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From: markm@zerbin.dev.cdx.mot.com (Mark Montminy)
Subject: Re: Programming
Reply-To: markm@zerbin.dev.cdx.mot.com (Mark Montminy)
Organization: Motorola Codex, Canton, MA
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:52:14 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.182558.8187@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com>, jgrimm@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999) writes:

>me.  Cute language.  So's a Lemming.

C'mon Jeff, you know as well as I that a Lemming isn't a language...
<grin>
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From: jgrimm@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999)
Subject: Re: Amiga OS newsgroup
Organization: NCR (Torrey Pines Development Center)
Disclaimer: This posting does not necessarily reflect the opinions of NCR.
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 21:05:43 GMT

Quoth dconnors@gucis.cit.gu.edu.au (David Connors):
]>    Dave Connors - D.Connors@sct.gu.edu.au     Griffith University, Australia
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From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Oh my God! Help my friend not buy an IBM!
Date: 21 Nov 92 17:12:13 GMT
 <1992Nov18.040144.24145@usl.edu> <1992Nov18.164552.3395@ncsu.edu>
Organization: TAP

Quoted from <1992Nov18.164552.3395@ncsu.edu> by linville@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (John W. Linville):

> >>OS/2 ray-tracers never kill my system.

> ftp-os2.nmsu.edu:\pub\os2\2.0\graphics has a version of DKBTrace for OS/2, 
> including a PM version.  The same directory has an OS/2 version of RayShade,
> and /pub/downloads has povray for OS/2.

    These are the same ray tracers you can get for the Amiga. The
    first one you list was written by an Amigan of olde.

    This may be news to you, but they don't kill Amiga systems either.

> John W. Linville
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From: hgm@ncsu.edu (Hal G. Meeks)
Subject: Re: Sega stats. VS. Amiga
Organization: North Carolina State University
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 12:52:16 GMT

skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Skip Sauls) writes:

>In article <Bxu744.KnM@ccu.umanitoba.ca> remilld@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jason Remillard) writes:

>>He's got a Sega Genesis and he figures that since it has a 68000 chip in it,
>>that it's as good as or better than the Amiga.  He won't let me crack the
>>cover on his Sega, so could someone please give me some good stats so I
>>can show him what really better.

Better at what? Running a small, windowing and multitasking OS? Playing
games? Make up your mind!

>I don't know all the stats off the top of my head, but I do remember that
>the Sega has a 512 color palette vs the Amiga's 4096 color palette.  Also,
>the Sega allows for up to either 32 or 64 colors per screen vs the Amiga's
>4096 colors in HAM mode.  You don't have to tell him that there are really
>not that many games which use HAM...  :-)

The Sega can display up to 64 colors out of a palette of 512. Note, these 
are 64 individual colors, not the half-bright mode we are accustomed to. Not
awesome, but useable. Nominal resolution is something like 340x256 ,but the
Genesis can be put into "interlace" mode, similar to the Amiga. 

Most amiga games use 32 colors. Some manage to do more, via various hardware
tricks unique to the amiga, at the risk of platform compatability. 

>>BTW, he figures that the Amiga is strictly a games machine.....So naturally
>>I want to show him that the Sega is nothing but a piece of shit....

Actually, it isn't. The fact that the Sega is a dedicated game system means
that it has no multitasking OS (in different versions) to worry about.
Programmers are free to bash the hardware as they wish. 

I have a lot of games that ceased to work when I got my 3000. No such
problem with my Genesis. 

>The fact that the Amiga is not strictly a games machine is the most important
>difference between it and the Sega.  Ask him where the hard drives, 030 and
>040 boards, Mac emulators, PC emulators, Video Toasters, and other boards
>are for the Sega.  That should shut him up.

If you want a _computer_, then buy an Amiga. I own two of them. If you want
a _game system_, then your options are a bit more open. I own a Genesis, and
may buy a SNES in the near future. I find games on dedicated game systems
are better done, and are more playable. This is not to say that there are
not some nice games for the Amiga. The recent _Flashback_ game demo shows
what the Amiga is capable of as a game platform. Sadly, though, this game is
likely to be ported to the Genesis, where it will sell a zillion copies,
with no apparent loss of quality. And the programmers will probably make a
lot more money on the Sega port than the Amiga version. 

If you want to talk peripherals, let's see who has the most successful
CDROM attachment, 6 months from now.  

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