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VIDEOMAKER magazine (the video camera user's magazine) has been quite favorable to the Amiga. I did not realize how much the Amiga was getting under the skin of the typical IBM user until I read this months's "Desktop Video" column. I will let the opening two paragraphs of that article speak for me: "This article is for all my fellow videomakers who own an IBM PC or compatible. [New Paragraph] It seems every time I read an article about using a home computer for video production, its on the Amiga. The Amiga is a fine machine; but I, along with 9 million-plus other people, own an IBM PC or compatible". (Jan/Feb 89, pg. 63) … The article goes on to explain how to use an IBM PC for desktop video. Most of the "My machine can do that too." articles I have read since early 1986 have been written by Amiga owners, about tasks that the IBM PC is assumed to do well. I must admit a certain sense on inner satisfaction in seeing an article by an IBM type person in a non-computer magazine, that addresses the Amiga by saying, "My computer can do that too." By the way, if you read the article closely, you realize that the "can do that too" on the IBM requires that you pause the recording VCR while you exit the videotitler program so that you can load the paint program, then restart the recording VCR after the paint image is loaded. (At this point I suppose it would be impolite to mention either multi-tasking, or several programs that range from The Director down to several good PD programs such as Slideshow (sp?). ) The article does go on to explain that the IBM does offer 320 x 200 with 256 colors (if you have VGA), and that a 640 x 400 character generator should be out REAL SOON NOW. (At this point I suppose it would be impolite to mention overscan or 4096 colors). Anyway, there was something very gratifying about that "me too" aspect of this article, and I thought I would share it with the forum.