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Re: Thomas Frieden: OS4 Questions and answers
« on: September 10, 2002, 12:28:04 PM »
It seems we'll lose a lot of nice classic Amiga things when we move to the new Amigas, but I don't think screen dragging is the most important of them - most of us lost that years ago. I'd be more worried by the fact the PC standard drive won't read Amiga floppy disks, since Amiga diskdrives use a less primitive electronic mechanism (no kidding!). I guess I better adf all my favourites now like the emulator boys do, sigh.
 

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Re: Thomas Frieden: OS4 Questions and answers
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2002, 12:42:44 PM »
Oh, and I forgot - the A1 will have to use a Windows keyboard, as far as I know. I hate those things, with their weird keymaps and truly perverse number of function keys. And the caps-lock doesn't have a light inside. And why doesn't that pause key work? ;-)

btw. if you want pause a 3ghz PC the best way is to insert an unformatted floppy - freezes the beast up like ice ;-)
 

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Re: Thomas Frieden: OS4 Questions and answers
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2002, 12:45:11 PM »
@kronos

Quite correct. But if I remember, the reason the PC-clone went for this setup was one of cost-cutting. Not that it needs it now :-O

The original (ISA) catweasel wasn't too hot, I hope the next one is better. It sounds just like the right solution.
 

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Re: Thomas Frieden: OS4 Questions and answers
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2002, 07:44:35 AM »
Multiple resolution displays were heavily used in the golden age of Amiga gaming - you had a low-res game screen so it would be fast and colourful but a high-res status bar so the text would be readable. This little thing, among others, gave the Amiga an edge over its rivals, like the ST. People like clever little touches - and it's amazing the uses they can be put to.

The PC hardware market has stagnated - nothing new, no innovation, just faster faster faster... Their hardware hasn't improved in the scope of what it can do, just in the speed it does it in. And we can't blame Microsoft for this one.