15 January 2004 05:09, david wrote: > The Amiga? Wasn't that some second rate American machine with crap > midi software?
Uhh, no. It was the first-rate games machine which also had a decent multitasking OS and some rather nice music apps (Bars & Pipes springs to mind). Compared to the Amiga the Sam was an abject and total failure as a Spectrum emulator (the Amiga does this very well in software, although admittedly slower on the A500 without a processor upgrade) a games machine (no comment needed, I think) and as a business tool. The Amiga was more expandable, more programmable and vastly superior in hardware. Believe me, I loved playing with the Sam and it was an important step for me as a programmer but really the Amiga was in a different league. Actually no, it was playing a whole different game. Geoff ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information on a proactive email security service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com ________________________________________________________________________
