10 Jun
2004
10 Jun
'04
11:33 a.m.
On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Lyle Bickley wrote:
You're probably talking to a lot of folks who have
a several Amigas (like
myself) and love 'em. Just because you not familiar with them doesn't
automatically make them "a joke". Remember, they were doing graphics in the
'80s in a manner similar to SGI while costing a fraction of the price - in
many ways, way ahead of their time. Amigas supported NTSC, PAL and several
"VGA" modes - including their monitors - which non-Amiga systems and monitors
of the time couldn't begin to support (other than SGI). And if you think
Amigas are a pain to setup, try an equivalent SGI box ;-)
I know. That was just heat o' the moment bitching. I'm still pissed
about the poor hardware interconnectability between models, but then that
was Commodore. Otherwise, I got it running (finally) and the Atari 1040ST
was considerably less obnoxious.
I would have been glad to help you setup the
Amiga's if I had known
about this in advance - as it is, I'm pretty much booked until this
evening's CHM mtg.
Well then you'll be able to enjoy the one crap game I was able to find in
my library ("Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Preistess") tonight at the shindig.
I was surprised to find I had such a dearth of Amiga and Atari ST
software. I thought I had a lot so either they're still tucked away in
boxes or I need to start collecting Amiga and Atari ST software.
--
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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