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From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Mac and Amiga (Games--Macintosh vs A500)
Message-ID: <1991Mar18.140031.9799@sugar.hackercorp.com>
Organization: Sugar Land Unix -- Houston, TX
References: <4239.27de4b9d@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> <1991Mar13.234443.2281@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <7816@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1991 14:00:31 GMT

In article <7816@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> blissmer@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Kevin) writes:
> No, the A500 stinks as far as what you get with it for the price.  You get
> a 1 meg machine with no SCSI, no hard drive case or powersupply, no
> networking, no ability to use SIMM memory (cheapest),

True, but you can add all that and still come out in the ballpark with the
Mac. Meanwhile the Mac has no color, no NTSC compatible video, slow and
unreliable system software (I've been there. Even a Mac II is slower than
my 1000).

> an OS that may or may
> not work with your software (you have to individually match your software to
> a reliable OS),

This is a complete lie.

> no ability to add IBM compatibility for $150,

You want *what*?

> no 1.4 meg drive,
> no detachable keyboard (you must use the Amiga KB),
> 4 (he he) channel sound,

Instead of the Mac's 1 channel sound?

> But are you saying Apple has no ethics because they are trying to protect
> their intellectual property?  hmm.

You mean Xerox' intellectual property?
-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
<peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>.
