#Compute!
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Leslie,
>> Personally, I liked Amiga Resourse when it was a seperate magazine.
I didn't come across Amiga Resource until after it was made a part of
Compute! so I can't say.
I don't think PC owners would _want_ to read about the Amiga, etc but it
might have been _good_ for them to read about it. The beautiful thing
about having different platforms is that a whole variety of tools are
developed which solve various problems in different ways. I believe
diversity encourages creativity and so it is good to see what the other
side is doing.
>> I always kinda hoped Denny would end up editing Amiga World.
Ya, that would be good. Might give AW more direction.
Andrew
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-> I don't think PC owners would _want_ to read about the Amiga, etc but
it might have been _good_ for them to read about it.
I agree. When the Video Toaster was released the Amiga section of
Compute had several stories on it but there was nothing in the main
magazine. I complained about this vehemently at the time. I guess the
editors of the main section of Compute didn't want to upset their
readership with a non-IBM break through.
Leslie,
>> editors of the main section of Compute didn't want to upset their
>> readership with a non-IBM break through.
Yep! I'd bet there are a number of PeeCeers who are discovering things
like Caligari trueSpace, Imagine, LightWave etc and think they are new.
Even if looking at the other side doesn't convince one to switch at least
it can spark new ways of doing things. IMO, a lot of windoze s/w lacks
any form of uniqueness that differentiates it from other similar products.
I think that is why the Amiga created such a vibrant community, because
being a minority it had to draw from many different sources for ideas,
etc.
Andrew
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PMFJI here:
>I'd bet there are a number of PeeCeers who are discovering things
>like Caligari trueSpace, Imagine, LightWave etc and think they are new.
And it sure don't help when Elastic Reality effectively denies their
original ASDG MorphPlus designation, or Caligari uses Paul Safr's
"Cybernetic Assassin" (done on an A2000 as I recall) when advertising the
Windoze-based TrueSpace….
"A 'Creative Amiga'? Hell, we ALL knew that…."
Mr. C
-> And it sure don't help when Elastic Reality effectively denies their
original ASDG MorphPlus designation, or Caligari uses Paul Safr's
"Cybernetic Assassin" (done on an A2000 as I recall) when advertising the
Windoze-based TrueSpace….
I have noticed a couple other companies that COULD have mentioned the
Amiga but went out of its not to. ("We support the PC …and other
formats.")
Unfortunately, as far as the PeeCee market is concerned, there is no
benefit in stating that the products were originally done on the Amiga. In
fact, I'd bet the marketting dept. would consider it a detriment. Most
people would either say "what does a watch have to do with it?" or think
that the Amiga WAS only a game machine.
Unfortunately, it's sad to see that the Amiga will likely be a small
footnote in the history of computing.
Andrew
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