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Marc N. Barrett (barrett@iastate.edu) wrote:
> In article <CJo0EH.Bz@cs.vu.nl> apwouwe@cs.vu.nl (Wouwe van AP) writes:
> >Hardware isn't everything, as PC producers seem to think ( let's put in 
> >a twin-486, with 25 megs of RAM, wel that should improve the capabilities a
> >bit...) The other advantages of the amiga are the easyness in which it is
> >programmed, and the great OS.

>     Here are a few things that the Amiga's OS lacks:

>      Memory Protection
>      Virtual Memory
>      Printer drivers (note 1)
>      Device-independent graphics
>      Device-independent audio
>      OS support for structured objects
>      Resources (note 2)
>       
>        
>    note 1: The Amiga's printer drivers are so bad, they might as well not even
> be there.  EVERY program that has anything to do with printing bypasses these
> drivers with it's own drivers, so why are they there?  A person could delete
> the entire devs:printers directory, and programs like Final Copy, PageStream,
> WordPerfect, etc.. would still work fine.

>    note 2: This is what the program MUI tries to give the Amiga, and fails
> miserably.  On a Mac, you can use ResEdit to complete alter the user interface
> of ANY program.  You can replace sounds with other sounds, replace objects 
> (bitmapped objects and structured objects), add Baloon Help to programs that
> don't support it, etc.  


>    The AmigaOS does multitask very well, but it is incredibly antiquated in
> most respects.  It is so effecient because it has virtually no features. 

> +++++++
>  ++++      Marc Barrett  -MB-
>    ++      IRC nick: Cyclone  |  e-mail: barrett@iastate.edu
>    +       Amiga: No excellence, just bullshit


If you are comparing the amiga to a Mac this list should change.

Memory protection   Amiga none,  Mac none, dos none.
(having programmed all of them they can all be trashed)

Virtual Memory  Amiga addon, Mac os but needs it
(who else but Apple would ship LC's with 2MB ram and Sys7 that uses all of it?)

Printer drivers    Amiga device independent, lots avail., Mac  very few, 
							expensive, no choice.

Device independent graphics/sound.   Amiga yes, Mac yes.
(the amiga sound and graphics is just as device independent as the mac, if
you go through the OS (Toolbox), and quite often with the Mac you have to use 
the lowest standard sound to remain compatible)

Structured objects   ??? are they so good. Why is a screen shot a PICT?

Resources    Are wonderful things for manipulating a progam interface, but
		do make for a more interesting (and complex) file handling 
		system.


Don't get me wrong I like the Mac (It has earnt me money) but the amiga has 
a lot of advantages (and disadvantages) when compared to a mac.

Paul Connor