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Re: [OT] Wanted: ADF Download sites/CD for Amiga??

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From: Angelo
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 08:36
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"Joona I Palaste" <palaste@cc.helsinki.fi> wrote in message
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> Haile Selasije <qrange@mail.ru_nospam> scribbled the following
> on comp.sys.amiga.hardware:
> > On 15 Dec 2002 15:12:43 GMT, Joona I Palaste <palaste@cc.helsinki.fi>
> > wrote:
> >>Peter Corlett <abuse@mooli.org.uk> scribbled the following
> >>on comp.sys.amiga.marketplace:
> >>> I-Hate-Spam <Ihatespam@aol.com> wrote:
> >>> [...]
> >>>> I'm looking to compile ALL of the software for the Amiga computer
onto CD
> >>>> and play/use them on my PC via an emulator.
> >>
> >>> The Amiga isn't an 8 bit box - there's more than 650MB of software for
it ;p
> >>
> >>I would believe there's more than that amount of software for some
> >>8 bit boxes too, most probably at least the Commodore 64.
> > MUCH MUCH more for MUCH MUCH better SPECTRUM.
>
> "MUCH MUCH better SPECTRUM"? The same Spectrum which had 8-colour
> graphics at 240*120 or something instead of 16-colour graphics at
> 320*200? The same Spectrum which had "beep, beep" sounds instead of
> 3-channel 4-waveform sound? The same Spectrum which had usually 16k
> memory (48k if you were really lucky) instead of 64k as standard?
> What is so "MUCH MUCH better" about it? For some reason, the British
> are wacko over their Spectrums. I always thought there was
> something odd about the British.
>
> --
> /-- Joona Palaste (palaste@cc.helsinki.fi) ---------------------------\


Ahhh c'mon anyplace that can come up with "blood" pudding
bad teeth and the spice girls can't be all bad ;-)

                Jim
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