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Byte redisappoints

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#87868From: R. NiklosJan 31, 1990 11:09 PM
Maybe you should read everthing BYTE had to say in this months issue. I cant see how you could possibly say they were unfair. I am NOT talking about the past but in this issue in particular I found it too be very accurate and fair. They even said Amiga: The Pioneer (in reference to multi-media). R. Niklos
#88312From: Michael DoveFeb 2, 1990 11:42 PM
I, too, found this month's Byte to be a welcome relief from their past. What *DIDN'T* I like? Jim Seymour's slam in the current PC Magazine…he talks about AutoDesk Animator, and says something to the effect of (ie I don't have the article in my hand) 'Animator is a good program DESPITE (my capitalization) its Amiga origins…' Now, wait a minute… And wasn't Animator done by Jim Kent, of the Atari ST? Sigh… tmm/Richard Cunningham Die and go to BBS Hell 🙂
#88328From: SyndesisFeb 3, 1990 1:19 AM
Actually, Kent wrote it on his Sun before he ported it to the Atari, and then to the Amiga. Thus his slavish worship of the 320 x 200 pixel screen, which lives on to this day in the PC VGA version of the program. Text looks awful in this mode. So write Seymour a letter, and correct him. Slap his wrist for sliming the Amiga. He should know better.