CompuServe Messages

I see we have completely different definitions of "engineer" – Designing components can be done by an electronics hobbyist, smart nine-year old, technician or – yes, by an engineer. It's *very* clear that you an I have different definitions of what makes an engineer and what doesn't so I'll just let it slide… there's little point in going into it, methinks. Monitor performance: If you drag the VGA icon from the storage/monitors drawer into the devs/monitors drawer and then restart, you'll find a lot more of your VGA type monitor is filled up with an image – there are drawbacks to this (poor sprite performance) but it works very well for the majority of users. I would not call this "crap", I would call it flexible. SCSI is a disk controller option. It's a very GOOD one for the Amiga. But the machine does have a disk controller, and it works well for what it is. If you require SCSI, then you get to use a slot, or wait for a different model Amiga (which is certainly coming, according to the elves). As for the 5.25 bay, I've not personally tried to fit anything at all in it, but if I did I'd probably put a hard drive in there. :^) From what you're saying, it sounds like CDROM drives don't fit normal drive bays, since HD's DO fit in there. While I like lots of room like anyone else, I also like the small footprint – somewhere there will ne3ed to be compromises. I could have lived with another inch of depth just fine, tho. Now, on the upside, what does the 4000 offer? Plenty, it turns out. So much in fact that a 3000, or a 3000t/040 seem worth $0.00… in my opinion. The graphics are superb, both speedwise and capability wise. The chip deinterlacer is a boon expense wise – read "good deal" -, but would be better replaced by real deinterlacing to buy bandwidth for my purposes. The high density floppy stuff is nice. The replacable CPU board is nice (and not unique to the 4000… but still nice). There are a LOT of drive bays in there – did you notice that? You can put quite a few expansion devices in the case. I like that a lot. The Zorro III bus is also cool, *especially* for things like progressive's 64mb ram board. There's even an upside to the forthcoming SCSI on a card – you'll be able to whack multiple controllers in there, make a three-controller + one network card server. I *really* like that. :^) I plan to get a 4000t, if such a beast appears and has the rumored goodies on it. I want more – it's an occupational hazard, I admit it. But I fail to see why a 4000 is in any way an example of poor engineering – and feel that your attempt to characterize it as such is both superficial and inaccurate. You are, of course, entitled to your own opinion – as whatever you want to call yourself. :^) –Ben …via AutoPilot