Subj : age required for classic
To   : Don Vally
From : Dave Drum
Date : Thu Apr 10 2025 05:49:00

-=> Don Vally wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD> Of which I currently own ZERO. Since I made a rookie mistake and
 DD> hot-swapped printer cables on my Amiga 4000. Fried the CIA chip ...

 DV> Hi Dave ~ I never had the 4000 experience. I sold my 1200 when I felt
 DV> "left out" by all the software and applications being created for the
 DV> IBM clone market.

 DV> The Amiga was a great system, sound and graphics way ahead of it's time
 DV> (especially compared to the XT CGA clone I started using). However, the
 DV> software development was not there at that time.

 DV> I hear the 3000 and 4000 were graphics powerhouses for using video
 DV> toaster and such multimedia applications.

A significant portion of the confuser generated graphics for Lucas Films
(Star wars, etc) were done on Amiga confusers. It also was a great desk
top publisher machine ... although the Macintrash people woiuld never in
a gazillionn years admit that.

Had Gould and Ali not bankrupted CBM for fun and profits the Amiga could
be competing favourably for a big slice of the PC market.

.... "Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- Ambrose Bierce
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