This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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>>That's why I always pleaded to have at least five competitive platforms that are pretty much the same, yet different enough to co-exist. That way there would at least be a possibility for evolution. The way I feel it is that the Amiga dated 1985 has been the last significant…
"I *never* saw OLE really work. For me OLE is something of the tauromachie field." Well, OLE is a good idea, and maybe when OpenDoc is fully implemented, it'll actually be fast enough to use. (it's pretty slow under any OS right now.) "I really thank you for the info.…
"I really *am* interested. For me the Amiga is the best, even now, but I'll change platforms *immediately* if someone proves to me I am wrong." Well, I can't really prove that OS/2 is the best for you, but it certainly is the closest of any of the PC OS's.…
I guess you're right about the fact they *have* to be extremely positive if they own that magazine. I most honestly didn't know that and I'm not sure I like it. Dr. Kittel assured me they were *very* serious about the Amiga and I'd like to believe him. I have…
Apparently you weren't very impressed. Does that mean “Goodbye multi-tasking?'' Bart Van Bockstaele at 100574.2352@compuserve.com … On AutoPilot and Amiga all the way from Belgium …
>>OS/2 has a far better implementation of the "clipboard" cancept than the Amiga, I can cut and paste between almost any application, whether they have specific code to do it or not. It can be handled at the OS level or at the application level.>I can also use OLE between…
Thanks, I really *am* interested. For me the Amiga is the best, even now, but I'll change platforms *immediately* if someone proves to me I am wrong. The *only* reason I remain with the Amiga is that I am not able to find something even close. I am not prepared…
I'll not bore you with the IBM party line on OS/2, as you probably have already seen it. I'll just say what OS/2 does for me. (Of course, some of what it does for me IS the IBM party line…) OS/2 communications: Finally, the PC platform can do non-dedicated comunications…
Phillip, PMFJI, but I am a obligatory PC-user too and I learned that OS/2 will get me closer to AmigaDOS/Workbench than any other PC-OS can. I got so very tired of Windows that I tried OS/2 one day and I was instantly enthousiastic about it. Not that it can beat…
#EsC=om in dutch TV
Message #197667
Bart, sorry, but to me it would be exceptional if there where anything else but extremely positive about their new possession. Especially if the own that magazine as i guess to remember from another message. But i'm not sure, 'cause the hard drive with the message base on it refused…
Just think, somewhere in an alternate reality, C= made all the right turns at each fork in the road. Somewhere the Amiga is king of the hill, and there is a Bill Gates, former chairman and CEO of the defunct Microsoft corporation, who hung to the PC too long before…
Jeff, > ES~COM .. in a tall, thin, sanserif face. The S and C have this white rectangular blob between them, sort of joining them together. Always looks like a printing mistake to me. Maybe it was. Logos…what to do? 🙂 I do suspect they may design an Amiga logo…
I'll work something and post it a bit later. 🙂 Bob Comer — Cheyenne, WY USA Team OS/2
hi there i have seen win95 on a traders laptop-pc. he was very happy with this until i said: o it s ALMOST like macs finder. he switched his pc off & went away. 😉 Ueli
>>I have plenty of reasons to use OS/2, if you want to hear them, I'll be happy to tell.
>>We can debate this stuff all-year round and not come to any constructive conclusions.
>>I use Dashboard (a Program Manager shell replacement)
Best I can manage here is… ES~COM … in a tall, thin, sanserif face. The S and C have this white rectangular blob between them, sort of joining them together. Always looks like a printing mistake to me. Jeff Walker.
Well, sure, you can ignore the Program Manager, and all the other shortcomings, to a certain extent. I'm not saying the WB is perfect either, but I just hate Windoze. Mr. Zombie
flame on, oh noble savage Mr. Zombie
"1. You missed or forgot an earlier message where I said that my company is already a Windows shop. We have very little OS/2 and are phasing that out. So, for work purposes, even if IBM sells zillions of copies of OS/2 (*** and I hope they do ***), it…
Anywho. We can debate this stuff all-year round and not come to any constructive conclusions. The point to make about all this is, if the Amiga just represents a marginal alternative from a technical standpoint (circa 1995), why bother with it? This is precisely why, as it stands in all…
>>Huh? I agree that the Amiga could be greatly improved, but I think Win3.1 is just about the ugliest thing there is. Win95, which is in appearance a knockoff of OS/2, is very acceptable.
Phillip, >The Escom logo is just as bad as the old commodore one. I've yet to see it, what does it look like? I have no problem with the C= logo as a logo (artistically) my only problem is the associations I have with it (bad company). Skimming through the…
John, >>Well, so much for that idea. How about "friend"? "Ami"? Some of us affectionately call her that anyway.
>>A lot of the code is still 16bit so it cannot always pre-emptively multitask (which really means it cannot ever!).
get a life 2 E=MC nice idea, escom logo is ok, but after a recent visit to the high PC tech store i am confused as to where the amiga fits in??????
Hmmm .. just thinking … ESC=OM ?? or maybe just E= or you could expand it to be: 2 E=MC or if an anagram enthusiast still wants to use all the letters of ESCOM: 2 2 SO: E=MC or E=MC O/S Sigh. It's not even late at night. I have…
I would imagine they'll use just the old Amiga logo. But remember there's no reason why Escom cannot continue to badge them "C= Commodore Amiga". Jeff Walker.
DJ, >Is that a Rubber Escargot, monsieur? Sloth… cluck, cluck, cluck… sloth… Regards, John Chang
Bart, >It's pronounced “leaf'' with a very short ea like in in “bit''. Well, so much for that idea. How about "friend"? "Ami"? Some of us affectionately call her that anyway. Regards, John Chang
The Escom logo is just as bad as the old commodore one. I like the commodore one just for the reason I have had a CBM computer for ten years and got used to it. They could put any logo on it as long as they are serious in developing…
Unfortunately Win95 is getting to the point where it is actually useable. Not only that, I used to run DOS and sometimes windows and now I have to run windows ALL the time. If you try using your machine without Win95 loaded (you can still boot up win95 dos) then…
Robert, >My NT box is a 486-33 w/ 16 MB RAM. "You must be more patient than I am, I wouldn't even consider running NT with less than 24M." "I ran NT 3.1 and 3.5 on a dual pentium 90 for a couple of months, but I still wasn't impressed…
"I thought Cutler had written NT to start with, and had brought a whole bunch of his original VMS team over from DEC because DEC had kind of shafted him." I'm not really sure. I am in several of the Micros**t forums on my Autopilot setup at work. When I…
are you joking or are you serious?
Christian, >Sounds like you need to leave us their coordinates… You didn't quote, or refer to what we were talking about so I don't know what you mean here.. Sounds interesting though…:) Skimming through the Redwoods on AutoPilot Asha
>>Well, if you look at from a task switching stand point, it's kind of robust. But that has all to do with the multi-tasking.>You might not notice it as a programmer, but things like having to switch to directory lists "by file name" to actually be able to easily find…
John, It's pronounced “leaf'' with a very short ea like in in “bit''. Bart Van Bockstaele at 100574.2352@compuserve.com … On AutoPilot and Amiga all the way from Belgium …
#Win95
Message #197425
Thanks for the info. I haven't seen Win95 yet but indeed didn't hear very positive things about it at our IT department. And yes, I agree, the PC sucks. It's so horribly slow to use, it crashes all the time… Bart Van Bockstaele at 100574.2352@compuserve.com … On AutoPilot and Amiga…
>>Windows isn't that ugly
The text one? Yah. Mr. Zombie
#The horrible Escom logo
Message #197398
Isn't the Escom logo horrible. Jeff Walker.
DJ, >Too late, buddy. I already hit you with the rubber snail … duck! Nyah, missed me! w5yu]0n0uy ] lk gl;aggj gljga;g ammgm ckz zcvx.xcCCCcvcv cc
DJ, You said and I quote, "Let's face it, a "free bug system" it ain't. You don't get those bugs for free, laddie boy. They force you to pay for them …" Ah, is that why they call them "upgrades"? 😉 Regards, John Chang
DJ, >I've been offline, which means you're getting it all back in a concentrated hellish fashion B) AIIIEEEEEE! 😉 Regards, John Chang
>- Archaic user interface. >>That depends. I hear PCpeople *laughing* at it while other PCpeople *love* it. I guess it has more to do with personal taste. After a whole day of working with windows I find working with the Amiga workbench quite relaxing. Well, if you look at from…
Sounds like you need to leave us their coordinates… Thanks!
Cutler's been the head of NT from the ground up, as far as I know. It's his baby as much as anyone's. Mr. Zombie
What, sir, is a rubber snail-duck? I can only shudder at the thought of a genetic cross between a snail and a duck, but to then make that freak of nature live through life as *rubber*!? Oh, the horror, the horror.
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