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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #14 on: June 14, 2009, 12:28:46 PM »
Don't forget Max Headroom was done on Amiga. If you can remember that.
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #15 on: June 15, 2009, 10:16:28 AM »
And so this saga ends.
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #16 on: June 15, 2009, 08:43:46 PM »
The brute force approach.

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http://www.bigfootnetworks.com/bandwidth-vs-latency

Just in case you haven't drooled over it already.
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #17 on: June 15, 2009, 09:12:11 PM »
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Hook yourself up to a 1000V, then 3000V, then 9000V, they 27000V and then tell me at what voltage that your body has sensed a change in?
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #18 on: June 16, 2009, 11:46:22 AM »
amigaksi,

The Olympics are over buddy. Let's put out the flame :madashell: and move on to other things.
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #19 on: June 16, 2009, 01:43:03 PM »
amigaksi,

You're having a John Rambo moment: "The war is over, John. Let those people go in peace."
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #20 on: June 16, 2009, 03:41:19 PM »
Look here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiIr2oJZ0l4

amigaksi vs PC users
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #21 on: June 17, 2009, 07:59:04 AM »
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There has to be something wrong with their machines if they can't play back 10 audio streams concurrently. Most current generation games will throw a few dozen audio streams together at any given instant and find plenty of time to render some eye popping visuals.


Can someone explain the sluggish IDE/editor performane of QBasic under Windows XP. The programs run fine (at the speed you will expect from the CPU).
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #22 on: June 17, 2009, 10:42:32 AM »
I feel cheated the floppy has been left behind... Oh wait you can have adf files.

2GB USB flash drive ~$15. Pack of ten floppy disks ~$5. PC floppy drive ~$15

I think that is the definition of obsolete.


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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #23 on: June 17, 2009, 02:40:12 PM »
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He basically implies, that today’s engineers are dumb and stupid.

Speaking of Engineers does anyone know if the original 3DFX creators are still at the helm of NVidia?

I'm asking because the attempts I've seen to emulate reflections and shadows in 3D games is pretty dodgy.
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #24 on: June 17, 2009, 02:49:00 PM »
And also...

I've seen better physics simulations from Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner compared to the CGI in Mr. Spielbergs War of the Worlds.

I hate to say it, but CGI in most movies is nonsense because they don't properly calculate the physic, light distortion, light scattering etc.
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #25 on: June 17, 2009, 08:20:42 PM »
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Commodore was unable to react as quickly other companies...


I won't stand for negative comments about God... er I mean Jay. I would speculate that Dave simply didn't understand Jay's approach to things and needed a full redesign to go forward. I believe Dave's gripe was that you couldn't alter one chip without affecting the others.:hammer:
I think more likely cost was really the problem. i.e. Commodore wanted it to run on 'pixie dust' not money.:confused:
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #26 on: June 17, 2009, 08:57:02 PM »
There seems to be a consensus that a Mac/PC is actually designed for SOHO/Satanic Accountants.:madashell:
Maybe I should have titled this, "Smartphones, still playing Amiga catchup."
I can see that consoles have surpassed their original design (adding live etc.)
But, some are holding out (including myself) that the Amiga was designed to be a home computer...

Happy New Years btw. I can still see this argument continuuing for a while yet.
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #27 on: June 17, 2009, 09:41:41 PM »
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(my wife chucked my other 1000 since the day she sat down naked in front of my 1080 monitor and said do you know what this means, and I answered, yes your blocking my monitor,

Ooh, ooh I know...
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #28 on: June 18, 2009, 11:40:37 AM »
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PC market constantly evolves and newer machines replace older ones, which get used for other purposes or dismissed/trashed.


No it was the cheap add in cards actually. VGA card, SVGA card, sound card etc.

I came close to buying a 2000HD in 89, but splurged on games instead.

PC parts went down in price a lot quicker too. It was AU$1000 for 20MB, then 52MB hard drive. You could get one for the PC for only AU$400.
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #29 from previous page: June 18, 2009, 11:46:13 AM »
P.S. Can we drop the hardware calls argument. They are fine for dedicated arcade systems, but have no place on a modern computer. The bitching should be aimed at said operating systems.

I learned PEEK/POKE statements on the Vic 20. But I had no need to hit the hardware on the Amiga. Did I miss out on anything? Probably not.
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