I got some promotional VHS from them that were fun to watch. One of the quotes I fondly remember is "But, beware. Complex animations like these require lots of memory. Sometimes more than a megabyte."
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 3:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Whining... Indeed. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com<mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> wrote: Awesome. Amiga was some truly amazing hardware for its time, and the OS remains under-appreciated IMO. They also had no idea what to really do to market it against the PeeCee -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael B. Smith > [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com<mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>] > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 9:44 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Whining... > > Just like Commodore. :-( > > [I did significant development on the Amiga platform, including I-Net 225 and > a number of other commercial applications.] > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com<mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com>] > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 9:40 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Whining... > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com<mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> > wrote: > > I had a chance to play with NT4.0 on a 4-CPU Alpha box back in the day. > > Not a lot of appas available for it wither (hence the FX!32 > > emulation/dynamic compile layer), but it _SCREAMED_ at the time. > > Yah, the Alpha was a sweet platform. > > I remember someone telling the story that their i386 program was faster on > an Alpha running under FX!32 emulation than it was on native i386 hardware. > > Compaq buying DEC was a sad moment in computer history. > Unsurprising that DEC failed -- their marketing was horrible, and their sales > practices not much better -- but still sad. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
