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From: tagreen@lothario.ucs.indiana.edu (Todd Green)
Subject: Re: Few questions/observations about the A3000
Message-ID: <1991Apr23.150231.4211@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 91 15:02:31 GMT
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In article <_#3BWVB@irie.ais.org> jph@ais.org (Joseph Hillenburg) writes:
>In article <1991Apr22.184252.10274@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> tagreen@lothario.ucs.indiana.edu (Todd Green) writes:
>
>Hi, Todd.
Hello back Joe!

Well lets try this again. I've received numerous letters about the
3000 and I thank all of your for them.  They ranged from outright
flames to very useful comments.  I'll try to summarize and restate my
views to appease those who told me to steer away from the Amiga that I
wouldn't like it at all.

1)  KickStart 2.0

I received letters saying that it would cost anywhere from $0 to $50.
My main question was about upgrading and it's ease/compatibility. Not
the advantages/disadvantages of a ROM upgrade.  You have to realize
that not all companies are willing to give upgrades in this manner.
Take apple for instance.  I'll be amazed if they offer a ROM upgrade
so that I can have 32-bit clean ROM in my IIcx, even though there is
a SIMM slot specifically designed for this purpose.

2) flicker in scan line

I was looking at a 1950 monitor. Bug in amber chip.  If you play with
the preferences it can be minimized or done away with.  Many people
suggested that I should use the preferences.  Well yes, I did look at
the choices of things that could be modified, BUT you have to realize
that I was in a store and not all stores allow you to sit and play
with the machines to your heart's desire.  In fact some are quite
rude and get rather worried when they see someone messing with their
machines. (And I've tried all 3 of our local Amiga stores..only one
was willing to let me get my hands on the machine...by the time I
got there I only had about an hour left to use the machine..and there
were also other customers interested in it.)  You have to realize that
it's a little different when you have your own machine and can play
with it.  I'm still trying to find someone willing to let me get my
hands on their machine.  HINT Joe.

3)  My comments (flame) on the Amiga.

I think I was most understood in this area, especially since I didn't
have much good to say about it.  Well that's because the good is
granted, and all of you know the good qualities.  In order to not
duplicate what I had said before I'll generalize.  Every machine has
it's good and strong points, I tried to state the weak points that I
see in the Amiga.  To those of you who told me to get a Mac, obviously
I already have one, and yes there are things about it that annoy me.
There are things that annoy me about the NeXT that I use.  No computer
does it all.  What I like about the Amiga is it's ability to do
animation.  No the GUI isn't ideal for me, but that doesn't mean I
shouldn't get it.  Probably more than anything else the reason why I'd
liek an Amiga is because it's something else to master, something new.
It's nice to be a novice again in a different environment.  I think
back to my first days in the VMS/UNIX world, my that was quite a step
comming from a Mac world.  I remember being horrified by the "$"
prompt.  Oh wel enough nostalgia.

Finally my "crack" about Amiga people buying before shopping.  I in no
means meant to speak of _all_ the people in the Amiga community.  Of
course there are people like this in every walk of life.  A friend
recently dropped 22K for a ThunderBird SE without shopping around.
That amazed me just as much as people who buy computers without doing
what I would call sufficient research.  If I offended anyone then I'm
sorry. 

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