#Tut Ad
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Bela,
I got a new magazine with the King Tut ad in it, and the text says:
"No PC, anywhere, can create this kind of graphic dazzle for the price of an
Amiga." It's title is "Amiga under $2000. Anybody else up to $20,000" and
after talking about multi-tasking, it says, "No other PC past, present or in
the near future has done it, is doing it or is likely to do it."
It all seems reasonable..and I belive it is all true. Just passing
this on since we discussed it a while ago, and I didn't have the exact copy in
front of me at the time.
Don
Don;
I agree with everything you have said, but I have seen Dpaint II on the
Apple GS and with it there is good old TUT! OK, I know for a fact that the
Amiga is better (I own one) but Tut is still there on the GS. BTW after using
Dpaint on the GS, give me an Amiga anyday, it is soooooo slow on the GS!
Ken
Ken,
Bela said that while Tut was indeed on the IIGS, it doesn't have the
same number of colors and perhaps a few other things…and it still costs more
than $2000 (I think…I don't follow Apple doings, but seem to remember the
price is a bit higher than the Amiga).
Don
The Apple IIgs CPU is $995. Of course it's not much use without a disk drive
and monitor, but I think even at list price it adds up to about $1800. The big
question is why on Earth would you want to pay $1800 for such a weak machine?!
>Bela<
Bela,
Certainly I agree with you <grin>!
Don
Bela:
How about for the Name? Most of the 'computer people' that I have
dealt with over the years have 'turned their noses up' at Apples, Ataris,
Commadores and 'Trash-80s'. The only machine that had a real OS early on was
the 8 bit Heath machines. Many, myself included, hoped that the TRS-80 models
12 and 16 (68000) would do well. Alas, they really bombed. The first machine
that REALLY turned the heads of people that were used to power and speed was
the AMI! With the exception of disk access, this machine gives the kind of
response that you expect from minis and is the first and still the only one
that really behaves like a mini. (I know this really isn't new to you).
73s,
bill
But Tut is missing a bunch of colours on the IIsg version.
Regards, Larry.
Larry:
Here in America, it's C-O-L-O-R-S not colours!
E.J. Lippert II
C Ltd.
Wichita, KS
(316) 267-6321
That's fine for you there in America Ed, but what about us Canucks up here in
Canada? Besides, if the AMiga has colours on Kung Tut, the IIsg has clrs.
<grin>
Regards, Larry.
Easy on him Ed. He is still shivering!
How slow is sooooo slow? 50% slower? 10 times slower (hope! hehe)? >Bela<
Bela;
I would say about half the speed. If you cut out a brush, you see it
move accross the screen, but it flickers and has to be redrawn along the way,
unlike the Amiga which turns the brush into a sprite that moves fast and smooth
around the screen.
Ken
Ken, the Amiga DOES NOT turn it into a Sprite, but into a BOB or BLOB as it was
known a long time ago.
Bri