In a message of 02-Sep-99 Jim Mason wrote:
> If programmers only catered for people who had purchased
> graphics cards then this computer system we all love would be in
> a far worse state than it is now.
Would it now? Why are we as users allowed to force the programmer to make
his programs in a certain way to compensate for our old equipment? Why not
the other way around? Why isn't it reasonable for the programmer to make
the program requirements so large that we are forced to upgrade our
computer to run it decently? Nothing is gained if we stay still - we have
to evolve, and at the moment a lot of people doesn't.
And I am not sure your are right in your statements above.
In 1991 and 1992 and 1993 I had a lot of friends having Amigas equiped with
either 020 or 030 processors. They often complained about the software not
taking advantage of their computer, because the software were made for
bloody unexpanded A500's or A2000's. All of them stopped using their
Amigas in 1993 or 1994, because the software development were too slow on
the Amiga. Many of them had the impression that the money they had spent
on accelerator boards had been a waste of money, because the available
applications ran almost as well on unexpanded A500/A2000.
I have always had the impression that the Amiga users have dictated the
software development, and not the other way around. If you look at the
PC market, then people in general have to upgrade because the latest
release of Windows, or Words or some game wont run on their equipment.
In many ways I think the Amiga would have been in a better state had
we as users bothered upgrading our computers a bit more often. Some of the
people who have left the Amiga might have stayed.
> I may be wrong but I suspect that AGA users are still by far the biggest
> Amiga user group.
Is that an excuse for a program to be able to run on AGA? I rather see
it as the incentive to the people having AGA that it is about time they
got a graphics card.
> I would love to be able to afford to purchase a graphics card
> but like most people I simply cannot afford to at the present
> prices.
Well, I naturally can't talk about you, but I have often met people
you have had their AGA Amiga for years and hardly haven't upgraded it.
They naturally still expect the newest applications to be able to run
on their machine. Bullshit, their computer is seven years old, what
do they expect. "Oh, I know, but I can't afford a graphics card".
Bullshit again, you have had five years to find the necessary
money.
> Now has anyone got anything constructive to say on the original
> problem......
The solution is quite simple, and naturally a result from my above
statements, and you can do either:
1. upgrade you old computer to reflect today
2. downgrade your software to something suitable for you old computer.
Uffe Holst
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