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Date: 10-07-95 Time: 10:45a Number: 122
From: Arild Hokstad@YEL Refer: 107
To: Terje Dahl Board ID: ROLVSOY Reply:
Subject: MÅ leses :) 84: Rol/Amiga Status: Public
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Why should we all forget about the Amiga 4000/060 Tower and buy PCs?? Easy!
1) Because 8-charecter filenames are *FUN* for the whole family! Round
up the wife and kids, and have a game of "Guess The Filename!".
Countless hours of deciphering cplx abrvtd flnms (complex appreviated
filenames) await you with the purchase of your new PC!
2) Windows3.1!! -Real- operating systems demand far too much of their users.
Using a dressed-up program launcher which lacks the ability to store
applications in subdirectories alleviates the user from having to
remember where he or she stored those pesky, overhyped, nonstandardized,
overgrown, RAM hungry, sluggish applications you'll come to know
and love!
3) 100% Multitasking-Free! The PC makes such an excellent choice over
so-called "superior" platforms like the Amiga because the PC wont
confuse you, the user, with the difficulties involved in keeping
track of several things at the same time! TAKE YOUR TIME! You only
have to worry about doing -just one- thing at a time on your PC!
Infact, hundreds of programmers at Microsoft are busy working on
new and innovative ways to prevent your PC from being forced to
"multy-task" in the future, by cleverly disguising their efforts
to protect your comfort as "General Protection Faults" and system
lock-ups! Their newest product, Windows95, will even SLOW DOWN
your entire system to allow you more time to think if you try
and make your PC multy-task! What a plus!
4) Configurability -- Lets face it. There are few things more enjoyable
in this world than sitting down with your trusty PC and having the
priveledge of changing the wide variety of IRQ settings, jumpers,
CMOS settings, .BAT files, hex addresses, COM port assignments, and
memory reigons that are available to you as a PC user. Don't let
anybody tell you that it's no fun! Just imagine all the enjoyment
you'll have spending quality-time with your machine, and growing
emotionally closer to your motherboard. You'll begin to care for
your PC just like the indigent, scenile, bed-ridden vegetable of
a Grandmother you never had as a kid! But wait, theres more!
The fun doesn't end there! Luckilly, the "standards" in the PC
community are changed radically about every 8 months, so you'll
have endless fun trading configuration tips and tricks with your
friends! Not since the ALTAIR 8008 has there been a computer with
such a wide variety of interface, memory, sound, and graphics standards!
Now, YOU can enjoy the FUN and EXITING options which other so-called
"superior" platforms like the Amiga leave out, or dont even have!
5) Graphics power! Today's PC's are actually capable of SCROLLING!!
Yes--you heard me, an entire graphic image can me smoothly moved
up and down!! Hold on to your hats--thats not all! Today's PC
can even scroll graphics HORIZONTALLY! Let your imagination take you
new horizons with this incredible new graphics capability. You'll
finally be able to tell all those mean Apple II & C64 user's who the
REAL boss of 1995 is! Imagine the thrill of discovering that software
you previously own can be easilly (only 2 hours of work!) reconfigured
to use the $400 graphics card needed to do smooth scrolling !
6) Sound power! You'll be reminded of gentle summers around the campfire
once you hear the authentic pop & crackle of a typical PC's sound
system. You'll swear you were hearing the bell's of St. Mary's when
you experience the 1-bit INTERNAL SPEAKER which comes STANDARD in
every PC! Thats right--no expensive add-on's here! You'll also
enjoy the pleasure of re-configuring every piece of software you own
to use a seperate sound card in the future! The wide variety of
poppy and scratchy sound cards available for the PC will push the
envelope of sound performance available on ANY personal computer!
7) Many different program interfaces to learn and enjoy! It can be
awfully boring for so called "superior" platform users like Amiga
fanatics to be forced to use the SAME way of loading and saving files,
running programs, and selecting options. With the PC, each application
you use has a DIFFERENT and FUN way of accessing options, and files!
Each application has its own distinct look, feel, and personality!
You'll become to attached to your new-found friends as you spend
even more quality time getting to know them! Now YOU can be the
"individualist", running the --truly-- "creative" computer! Forget
about those Amiga guys! Buy a PC -TODAY!-
Arild
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