Wow! Somebody doesn't know what Amiga is? This is like you wouldn't don't know there was World War II. :-) Aley
----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Winkless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 3:33 PM Subject: RE: Colin Piggot Namechecked... > 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 > ________________________________________________________________________ > >
