#general amiga info
13-Dec-87 21:33:02
Sb: #98082-#general amiga info
Fm: Jonathan Wayne 76703,410
To: Don Curtis/SYSOP 76703,4321
Well, I wouldn't be so quick to say that the entire line of PC's is now
obsolete because of the PS/2! The "only" difference (the number of XTs & ATs)
that you mention is a BIG one. IBM PC clones are being manufactured cheaply and
in great quantities. And OS/2 will run on the vast majority of the AT clones.
The AT will be around for quite awhile.
Well, I'm just trying to get the poop from Amiga freaks on Amigas. So, let me
start a new line of thought. Assume that one is involved in business
applications. No need for the incredible graphics of the Amiga. No need for the
sound capabilities. Understanding that the Amiga has not made inroads into the
business world (versus academia & engineering) what would you say to sell that
person on the Amiga being aware of the force with which the IBM-type world will
be pushing 286/386 machines and windows?
Secondly, all you folks that have experience with C programming in both worlds
(and here I am not real interested in the standpoint of 8088 versus 68000
architecture): how do you compare the difficulty of programming for the two
machines?
jon