23 Apr
2002
23 Apr
'02
10:08 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Hellige [mailto:jhellige@earthlink.net]
I find it interesting that the gaming market is one
of the
main defining markets for current PC hardware...the very market that
PC users used to scorn. I've always thought it was stigma that was
unfairly applied to the Amiga, even if it was better at it than the
PC's of the same time period.
Good point -- name something that the Amiga didn't do better...
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
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23 Apr
23 Apr
10:26 a.m.
And thusly Christopher Smith spake:
The Amiga was doing "desktop publishing" *before* the term was coined!
Bryan
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Hellige [mailto:jhellige@earthlink.net]
I find it interesting that the gaming market is
one of the
main defining markets for current PC hardware...the very market that
PC users used to scorn. I've always thought it was stigma that was
unfairly applied to the Amiga, even if it was better at it than the
PC's of the same time period.
Good point -- name something that the Amiga didn't do better...
10:40 a.m.
> > I find it interesting that the gaming
market is one of the
> > main defining markets for current PC hardware...the very market that
> > PC users used to scorn. I've always thought it was stigma that was
> > unfairly applied to the Amiga, even if it was better at it than the
> > PC's of the same time period.
> Good point -- name something that the Amiga
didn't do better...
The Amiga was doing "desktop publishing"
*before* the term was coined!
As much as I love the old wars ... here I have to object.
The first time I was confronted to Desktop Publishing was
in 1980. And even if we restrict it to PCs, things like
the Ventura Publisher (a fine long time carrier of the
GEM banner) predates the AMIGA by years.
Gruss
H.
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http://www.vcfe.org/
10:56 a.m.
At 09:40 PM 4/23/2002 +0200, Hans Franke wrote:
As much as I love the old wars ... here I have to
object.
The first time I was confronted to Desktop Publishing was
in 1980. And even if we restrict it to PCs, things like
the Ventura Publisher (a fine long time carrier of the
GEM banner) predates the AMIGA by years.
I think the Amiga DTP products from Gold Disk could legitimately claim
to be the first color-capable DTP programs, though.
- John
4:28 p.m.
When was that?
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Pope" <bpope(a)wordstock.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)
And thusly Christopher Smith spake:
The Amiga was doing "desktop publishing" *before* the term was coined!
Bryan
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Hellige [mailto:jhellige@earthlink.net]
I find it interesting that the gaming market is
one of the
main defining markets for current PC hardware...the very market that
PC users used to scorn. I've always thought it was stigma that was
unfairly applied to the Amiga, even if it was better at it than the
PC's of the same time period.
Good point -- name something that the Amiga didn't do better...
10:31 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Smith" <csmith(a)amdocs.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 1:08 PM
Subject: RE: Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)
Survive ... that's something it didn't do better.
For a while it looked like it might, actually. I saw Amiga boxes with
external extensions to enable them to do video titling and other production
enhancements for low-end video production. Realtors used it, educational
institutions, even publich schools, used it. Unfortunately, it had some
weakness that allowed the IBM and Apple mainstreamers to overshadow it.
The fact it didn't survive doesn't mean it was in some way defective. The
PC's simply cost less for doing the things the Amiga did better than the
average computer.
Dick
-----Original
Message-----
From: Jeff Hellige [mailto:jhellige@earthlink.net]
I find it interesting that the gaming market is
one of the
main defining markets for current PC hardware...the very market that
PC users used to scorn. I've always thought it was stigma that was
unfairly applied to the Amiga, even if it was better at it than the
PC's of the same time period.
Good point -- name something that the Amiga didn't do better...
Chris
3:16 p.m.
-----Original
Message-----
From: Jeff Hellige [mailto:jhellige@earthlink.net]
I find it interesting that the gaming market is
one of the
main defining markets for current PC hardware...the very market that
PC users used to scorn. I've always thought it was stigma that was
unfairly applied to the Amiga, even if it was better at it than the
PC's of the same time period.
Good point -- name something that the Amiga didn't do better...
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