Re: Iigs comparable to Amiga? Pah!

[Richard Kilpatrick <delorean@NOSPAMbtconnect.com>]

On 12/10/04 3:13 pm, in article dapnm052b13ve6eopb153s1m0oov1i475m@4ax.com,
"Kevin" <followthelink@bottomofpost.com> wrote:

> I like the Apple II alot, and the IIgs is a nice machine, but there is
> really no comparison.  The Amiga was not just a rival for the mac, in
> it's day it was superior to the mac.  The Amiga could run rings around
> almost any platform in the late 80's...

Shame, really, that the A1200 was an early 90s machine, and is very pared
back ;)

> If you
> really liked the MAc, there were plenty of solutions to emulate one,
> and because the Amiga used the same cpu as the mac it could actually
> emualte one at a comparable speed.

Really? Other computers could emulate Macs?!

Take a look at the bottom URL in my sig ;)

Richard
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