This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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I think most people that own 3000s realize exactly what they are getting in 2.0. Remember, all 3000s currently shipped still have 1.3 on it, and when they do the final shift to ROMs, *all* Amys will have 2.0, so that will be the OS to target. John
Or the Modern day version IT CAME FROM THE VCR, about movies like "Surf Nazis Must Die," "Sorority Babes at the Slimeball Bowlarama," and of course, the ultimate "Toxic Avenger," and "Toxic Avenger II." John
Theatrical embellishment on: DON'T BELIEVE THEM!! THAT'S NOT DON CURTIS AND BETTY CLAY, THOSE ARE ALIENS FROM THE PLANET XORTH COMING DOWN TO EARTH TO MAKE US MIX THE LETTERS C, S AND Z, AND MAKE US SUBSIST ON A DIET OF STALE TWINKIES!!! THE XORTHIANS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE…
You mean that *all* NeXTs currently our there only total 9000 units? How are they able to stay afloat? John
Don't blame 2.0, blame the software. The Disney Animation Studio(?) is a very new program, and 2.0 has been released to the general public for 4 months now, and has been in beta for at least 4 months prior to it's release. They should have programmed with 2.0 in mind,…
A meg and a half should be enough to do a bitmap to a LJ. I ran bitmapped images on my LJII with 512k, and it will output at LJ+ resolution(150dpi). John
The amiga *does* have TCP/IP networking, as well as Novell. John
I'd call Windows an Amiga-wannabe. John
How about we invite some IBMers to discuss the "virtues" of DOS? John
It's not his responsibility, I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure postal regs are clear cut when it comes to receiving something through the mail. If you receive something that you didn't specifically order, didn't expect, etc., you have absolutely no financial responsibility in regards to receiving that item.…
Well, Spock would say 1,792.862 miles of paper, approximately. 🙂 John
Not really. If a number is unlisted, the number will show up on information as "unpublished," and often times the operator will tell you that there is someone like the person you are looking for, but the number is unlisted. So by calling information, you can find out whether or…
Right now though, a 2000 with gvp/2500 is preferable to the 3000 if you want to use the bridgeboard, because the 2000 amigas have the extra slots. If in the future, CBM makes a bridgeboard that has more capabilities(ega/vga and com ports built in) then it would be feasible for…
I was taking a WAG(wild *** guess) with the AT bridge, so you're probably right. With the 3000 though, you only have two IBM slots to work with, so you can maybe put a RAM expansion and a VGA card in there, and that's it. The problem with the using…
Well, since the A3000 isn't a machine that wasn't designed for a bridgeboard from the outset, that is out of the question, like you said. [AIf you are not planning on selling your machine, data transfer between an Amiga and an IBM with 3 1/2" disks is an easy matter,…
8)The Amiga mouse will work with the IBM side just fine. 9)I honestly have no idea 10)If I were you, I wouldn't part with the 386 just yet. The big advantage of the 2500/3000 over the 500 is *speed*. There is just no comparing a 68000 machine with a 68030…
First of all, before anything else, why do you want to get an Amiga? That should be the first question answered before anything else.(I'd hate to recommend my favorite system to someone who may not need it, then wind up thinking that they wasted their money) As to the rest,…
Possibly soon to be 2 2500/30s. John
Well, I guess this proves that the A3000 is going to be a major contender in the Unix market, and has serious potential to be a major threat to Apple for dominance in the 68K market for the 90's. John
Add my voice to the ones at the CO who won't buy Animation Station because of CP. I won't be able to make it to the conference either, (my ci$ bill is high enough 🙁 ) but I want to make it known that I won't buy CP productivity software.…
In that case, I agree. John
What I heard was that though the Amiga had less keys than they required, the contract was not rejected on that basis; i.e. the contract was rejected, it was not due to the lack of extra keys, though that was mentioned in the report, it was due to several other…
Then there is no need for VM. Since you already have all the memory you need, you don't need to add any more by using VM. And once you start creating page faults due to the need for VM, performance drops off rapidly, depending on the number of page faults.…
I don't think virtual memory would be that much of a godsend to the Amiga. Using virtual memory would be nice for doing "ordinary" applications, however, it would wreck the ability of the Amiga to do real-time multitasking(the one thing that makes it the best multimedia box). It would still…
As a result of the Lotus vs. Paperback lawsuit, noone is going to have worksheets that use 1-2-3 macros anyway(except lotus) so it's a moot point. John
Yayyyy! Now finally they will put a real Basic in there, Like GFA or HiSoft. John
Sounds like what Prodigy should have been.
If you have an Amiga at home, you should take it into the office and show them some of the things it can do, especially with regular HAM(4096 colors, don't know what resolution though) HAM E will give you 60,000 colors onscreen, but really the best way is to show…
They had to include that, or else Apple would sue for copywright enfringement. John
I don't think the artsy type commercial would go good either. What would be better would be a "head to head" commercial–one that takes direct aim at the PC/Mac types, particlular the Macintosh, since the Amiga would most likely be in direct competition with that. One example would be having…
I've seen them on local CT stations. What I think CBM is doing is letting local dealers use the spots and pay for them out of their own pocket. Then the dealer inserts a little blurb about prices, location, etc. That way the Amiga gets coverage at the same time…
No, No, No! We don't need the pimple-faced teenager hawking Amigas again! We need commercials aimed at the business community, ads in Byte, Business Week, PC Week. TV ads featuring stone-faced gray-suited types going "I've never seen a computer do so much for so little money" type commercial, not another…
IBM into CD Media
Message #109320
"Yes, and you too will be able to pay more than Donald Trump's interest payments to own one." John
You can't upgrade the graphics on many of their clones, and a lot of the internals of them are non-standard.(RAM, etc) John
I think something like CDTV would be good if it had a national map–showing every back road in every jerkwater town in the country. When I used to work for the moving company, trying to find every back road just in the local towns was a major chore, and if…
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License AmigaDOS?
Message #108318
That depends on how CBM handles the licensing agreement. If commodore licenses the hardware, but does not license the OS then market share for the Amiga would be helped and not at CBM's expense. However, if they license the OS as well, then CBM would lose control over the Amiga…
I used to work for a household moving company, and one of those things would be a dream come true. You wouldn't even need CMOS technology to put something like that in a truck anyway. Most trailer trucks have huge batteries or gangs of batteries that would definitely provide enough…
Well, encyclopedias aren't exactly cheap to begin with. My parents bought ours back in the 1972 and it cost over $100 back then. So, $1000 now for a video encyclopedia isn't that much more. John
True, but MS-DOS computers are all over the place, and the fact that cheap compatibles came out made it more likely for software to be written, which in turn sells more systems. IBM didn't like the fact that there were clones, but in the long run, it helped the company.…
By anybody I meant that anybody who is willing to develop on an Amiga can develop a CDTV application, that expensive and exhorbitant hardware wouldn't be necessary to develop applications for CDTV. An Amiga 2500/30 with a large enough hard drive to handle it would be enough. True, developing a…
The big advantages that Commodore has over CD-I is that *anybody* can make a CDTV disk as long as he has an Amiga. The same can't be said for CD-I. In addition, if CBM licensed the CDTV format to stero companies to enlarge the hardware base, and built general purpose…
You don't have to call it a computer, you could call it "interactive TV" or somesuch. Anyhoo, it would be used as a computer with only minimal user interaction, and with a maximum of online, reference-style storage. This machine would seem to dovetail nicely with Amigavision as a development platform.…
No, too safe, all you can do is lose your own money! Buy options on margin using a second mortgage! John
It ultimately depends on how long it takes for the competitors to come up with their own CD units. If CDTV can get one solid year of sales before Sony/Philips enter the market, and allow third-party stero companies to license the technology for the purpose of building their own CDTV…
If there is a recall, it might be to install the KS 2.0 roms on the motherboard, though I doubt it.
Well, at least CBM was smart enough to 1)remove the amiga nameplate from the unit, and 2)set up the machine so that it is more like some sort of reference material, and not as a high price nintendo. That was some very good market decisions on Commodore's part(which is very…
If Tamiel's axiom "business is war" is true, perhaps he should raise the white flag. John
However, it is much easier to stop payment with plastic than it is with a check or COD, because it offers you a measure of security should the product be faulty that cash can't give.
You know what I liked best about this month's computer shopper? During their special on multimedia, in the *IBM* section, the author of the article admits that CBM is the current leader in multimedia. Must have been awfully humbling, eh? John
In addition, remember that since 2.0 is in beta, they may be fixing each bug as it comes along, so revisions may be coming hot and heavy to dealers. It may come down to when the dealer received the machine as to what version it is, and how buggy it…
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