From: kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jason 'KodaK' Balicki)
Subject: Re: Dan flipped through an AmigaWorld, and:
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 23:37:02 GMT

In article <1992Dec13.221307.18761@usl.edu> das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A) writes:
>Ohh, you're out to GET me, aren't you! :-)

How'd ya ever guess?  :)

>Nope, never, I never said it was fast.  (Which, you will notice, is a GOOD thing
>, and my comments on what I thought was WB2, or at least a facimile thereof,
>were negative, so that doesn't makes sense).  I merely summerized what all 
>Amigans say: How BLAZINGLY MEGA *FAST* the WB is.  *I* said that it was good
>to be so fast, as to launch apps quick to get rid of it to look at.

It seemed to be presented in a deragatory way.  Sorry if I took it the
wrong way.

>Whatever.  I think it looks good, and that will help sales all the same.  
>Really, I don't know why people are down on the Amiga600 SO much!  I meanm,
>isn't it better to sell an Amiga600 than NO Amiga at all?

Belive it or not, some of us are sick of C= selling 7 year old tech.  The
A600 wouldn't be near as bad had it included the AGA chips.  If it DOES
sell well (or should I say continue) then I guess it's all well and good,
however I hope that developers develope for the AGA machines and not just
for the ECS.

>
>*is* the best RPG, that doesn't mean Dungeon Master isn't great still, even
>after all these years.  I thought about getting the PC port recently, even
>though I finished it on a borrowed ST.  But I didn't get it in the end.
>

Perhaps I should have said "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons" then.  I was
trying to get you on your generalization about UU being *the best* RPG,
when, IMHO, the best RPG's aren't even available on any computer platform.

>Well, I have seen it too.  Sure it updates very well and all, but for
>*simulation* purposes, I would doubt it.  Follow me now?  Falcon 3.0's graphics
>are certainly accpetable.  The 256 colors are most important, I think, for
>good shading.  High resolution is not as important since things get fuzzy
>10 miles away, anyway, y'know?   I haven't played with the Microsoft Flight
>Simulator 4.0, so that is whyt I called Falcon 3.0 the best '*fighter* sim'.

And it clearly isn't.  (I'm just being anal here :)  Ya think that the
Air Force trains with Falcon 3.0? :)

>Ok, ok, sorry.  I was being cocky myself, some.  A *little* bit.  Mabye. :-)

MABYE? [sic]  And just maybe I'm being sarcastic!  :)

>Note: I have always held that the Amiga500 is a good solid beginners computer. 
>Now, maybe the A600. The A1200 comes REAL close, though.  But it depends on
>what you want to do, in any case.

I'd much rather have people enter the market with an A1200, then they will
have an example of CURRENT amiga tech.  BTW: take a look at c.s.a.announce
and enlighten us on what you think of the specs for the next generation
machines.

>-- 
>Dan Stephenson                                                das9674@usl.edu  
>"There once was a Lady from Hyde/who ate some bad apples and died/but while
>we lamented/the apples fermented/making cider inside her inside!" 
>                        -Member of the Court, Texas Renaissance Festival  


--Jason Balicki
kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy