From: w8ts@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (M Crevatin AMIGA #1)
Subject: Re: Amiga - Did I make a mistake?
Organization: University of New Brunswick
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 17:38:15 GMT

In article <Mark_Skaff.002b@softworx.access> Mark_Skaff@softworx.access (Mark Skaff) writes:
>     I have an Amiga, and it seems that all the good software is on IBM.

You've fallen into the PC trap...who, narrowmindedly mind you, will go on
and on and on about the vast amounts of software they have
available...well surprise!!  You can find softrware for the AMIGA taht
will do the same as comparable PC software, jsut look a little..

>For example, if you take Fidonet message readers, there are a lot on the
>IBM, but I can't even find a recent one for the Amiga! Also, (I have an

How about looking at Trapdoor v1.80...it's shareware, and it's much nicer
than Binkley...trust me...look for it on ab20...it's lesst han a year old,
how's that for new...

>A500) to upgrade hardware, it costs lots of money, compared to the IBM
>which is cheap. 

I hope you're kidding...what hardware is cheaper for the IBM?? 
Hard-Drives?? Probably because those archaic PC users are stuck on IDE
drives...and again (like with the INTEL chip) are going to be left in the
dust as a result, seeing everything (as far as mass storage devices) now
is moving towards SCSI for UNIX, AMIGA and Apple computers...but IBM is
big so they can do what they want...that's what they think...

>I am tired of the incompatibility and lack of software -

Incompatability????  Give me a break, you mean from 1.3 to 2.04...look at
poor MessyDos users...they have had more useless upgrades of that OS...the
first havf decent one is 5...still not the greatest though...and they have
had MUCH incompatibility probs..more than ANY amiga user will ever
encounter...I just upgraded from 1.3 to 2.04 on my 2000 and they only
incompatability I've found so far is stupd littl utils (which since have
been re-written to work) and games...and I don't play games on my AMIGA...

>Did I make a mistake in getting this Amiga? 

NO!!!

>I can't even lock my COM port at 38400 on it... The IBM can do almost any
>practical application the Amiga can do, and more, so would it be wise to
>get an IBM and have real compatible freedom? 

COM Port???  what kind of computer do you own???  you sound much like an
imposter trying to sound like a disgruntled amiga user...why don't you
learn a bit about the machine before making stupid postings like this one

Note ALMOST any application as AMIGA...PC's don't touch AMIGA's as far as
graphics and sound and as far as Multi-Media work, why would you want
anything but an AMIGA...

I have been in computer science for a few years now and any programming
I've had to do I ahve done on my AMIGA...I can't remmeber the last time
I've touched a PC...I don't want to remember...waht aweful machines...I'll
stick with Sparcs and my AMIGA....


>Thoughts on this message would be appreciated...

You got mine

>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=_=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 
>Mark Skaff   //   Fidonet: 1:243/44.5
>Ottawa, Ont.//    Only Amiga Makes It Possible.
>=-=-=-=-=\\//=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

now why would you stick something like that at the bottom of a message
like that....it is true though, listen to yourself...ONLY AMIGA DOES MAKE
IT POSSIBLE

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