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Re: PETITIONS For Mac Requests!!!

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From: Mike O'Connell
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 00:00
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In article <3433ACA3.5D7B@taunet.net.au>, Travis Scott Wheaton
<travis@taunet.net.au> wrote:

> I would much rather see a new game, made for Mac, on a Mac, than a game 
> ported to Mac from IBM.  I can't think of many games which I cared for at 
> all that have been ported in from IBM/some other OS.  Mac games written 
> by Mac Users, that's what I say.  If you like the games that much, buy an 
> IBM.  

'cept some of us have things to do with our computers other than playing
games, which is how we get money to buy games in the first place. Hence we
need Macs (it makes no sense to waste time & money working on a PC when
there's work to be done!).

Hence we need games on the Mac.

Though I'm getting testy waiting for that damn MOO 2
what-do-you-mean-your-monitor-doesnt-support-multiple-resolutions patch to
be done. <sigh> Yet another example of a PC programmer that needed to
realize that Macs are not PCs.
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From: monkeyboy@DIE-SPAM-DIE.hatman.com (Mike O'Connell)
Subject: Re: PETITIONS For Mac Requests!!!
Date: 1997/10/03
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