Subj : Re: Commodore Computers
To   : Dr. What
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Apr 28 2022 08:37:17

  Re: Re: Commodore Computers
  By: Dr. What to Nightfox on Fri Apr 29 2022 12:30 am

 Ni>> I agree the PC seems like a more serious computer.  The Amiga seemed
 Ni>> like a fairly decent and serious computer too.

 DW> In my area, the Amiga was being sold in appliance stores and advertised as
 DW> a gaming system. That doesn't match the image of a "serious computer."

 DW> For many of us, the Amiga looked like yet another incompatible system for
 DW> people who only wanted to play video games.

I don't remember how the Amiga was advertised where I live.  But to me it looked like another computer (I always thought their beige-box appearance was fairly similar to IBM PC compatibles).  Although it had good hardware for gaming, you could play games on a PC too..  As far as serious work, I'd heard
of the Video Toaster product for the Amiga, and I'd heard the Amiga was popular for video editing due to that.  I imagine the Amiga was probably used for other serious work as well.

Nightfox
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