Subj : Re: what are you dialing in with?
To   : Bob Worm
From : mary4
Date : Fri Jun 21 2024 08:46:24

 BW> I think the things that made the Amiga so incredible at its time were the
 BW> special purpose chips for sound, blitting, graphics, etc - they really
 BW> enabled new and wonderful things. Nowadays we almost have too much grunt
 BW> to know what to do with it, everything runs in "true colour" modes, high
 BW> quality sound is standard... I'm not sure where you could differentiate
 BW> for capabilities.
 BW> 
 BW> But then, I guess that's the point - not many people could have imagined
 BW> the Amiga's capabilities when it came out.
 BW> 
 BW> I would say if we "squeezed the juice" out of modern hardware like we
 BW> did back in those days it could be something spectacular. Though it
 BW> would probably not be a "wow, look at those graphics" spectacle, more a
 BW> "look how quick my 400 browser tabs open" spectacle :)
 BW> 

DUDE THE AMIGA IS FUCKING AMAZING! THOSE GRAPHICS! D A T SOUND! THAT MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM!

im just on a regular ass 286 xD

--mary4 (Victoria Crenshaw) the 286 enthusiast

.... It said "insert disk #3", but only two will fit...

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