carpent@SRC.Honeywell.COM (Todd Carpenter) (12/17/89)
I am sitting here composing this letter on the console of my new A2630 equipped Amiga. What an incredible blast. I just installed the beast this afternoon, and was immediately dragged away for family affairs (yes, I know, I should look into my priorities), so I haven't tested everything. But the preliminary estimates show close to a 2x performance increase over my A2620. The actual ratio is in the ballpark of 1079/602 for this specific program I have been developing. I have not tried '030 specific Lattice compile of the program, either. A few demos, such as Klidex of recent BADGE fame, go almost too fast to see what is going on. So, basically, I'm thrilled, ecstatic, and very pleased. Go out and purchase one if you have the bucks.
xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) (10/22/90)
Come on gang. Just because we can discuss the next five years of Amiga
development in two weeks on the net, doesn't mean that Commodore can do
the work any faster. "Things. Take. Time." -- Piet Hein.
We JUST got a marvelous new computer with a > twelvefold speed increase
AND a new, dressy OS out in beta AND a SYSV4 system out in beta AND a
fabulous multimedia authoring system. It's not that Commodore, a small
company still struggling financially, hasn't been stretched thin as a
wire working their collective buns off for us. These are exciting times
for the Amiga. A little more gratitude and a lot less bitching is in
line.
Here's mine: "Thanks, Commodore gang! Great job! We love you! Keep
up the good work! (But don't burn out!)"
/// It's Amiga
/// for me: why
Kent, the man from xanth. \\\/// settle for
<xanthian@Zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <xanthian@well.sf.ca.us> \XX/ anything less?
--
Now can I have a job? ;-)C503719@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (Baird McIntosh) (10/22/90)
In Message-ID: <1990Oct21.221615.18910@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>
xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) said:
>Come on gang. Just because we can discuss the next five years of Amiga
>development in two weeks on the net, doesn't mean that Commodore can do
>the work any faster. "Things. Take. Time." -- Piet Hein.
>[...] ^^^^ ^^^^
Who is that? I posted back in May 1990 about people giving Commodore a
break and waiting for 2.0. In that post I said "Things. Take. Time."
A few days/weeks later I noticed someone was using that phrase as an
anonymous quote... then when I returned to school this fall and started
reading comp.sys.amiga, I see that this phrase is being attributed to
Piet Hein. Now, I know I'm not the only person who's said "Things. Take.
Time.", but I think that in this case the quote was 'heard' from me. Anyway,
I release any copyright I may have had on that phrase. Use it as you will.
You can even attribute it to someone named Piet Hein.
BTW, while all of the above *is true*, I hope you don't take this all too
seriously. :-)
| Baird McIntosh | c503719@umcvmb.missouri.edu <-or-> c503719@umcvmb.bitnet |
| COOL DRIVING TECHNIQUE #23: Drive without brake lights. |
| (Light deactivation method is unimportant; just try to appear oblivious.) |peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) (10/22/90)
> Who is that? I posted back in May 1990 about people giving Commodore a > break and waiting for 2.0. In that post I said "Things. Take. Time." > ... I see that this phrase is being attributed to Piet Hein. ... Piet Hein, Danish Mathematician and Poet. Inventor of the Superegg: "T. T. T. "Put up in a place where it's easy to see the cryptic admonishment T. T. T. "When you feel how depressingly slowly you climb it's well to remember that Things Take Time." -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' <peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>.
ewout@topcat.cbm.commodore.com (Ewout Walraven - CATS) (10/22/90)
C503719@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (Baird McIntosh) writes: >In Message-ID: <1990Oct21.221615.18910@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> > xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) said: >>Come on gang. Just because we can discuss the next five years of Amiga >>development in two weeks on the net, doesn't mean that Commodore can do >>the work any faster. "Things. Take. Time." -- Piet Hein. >>[...] ^^^^ ^^^^ >Who is that? I posted back in May 1990 about people giving Commodore a Your lack of knowledge of European history is astounding, Sir. Piet Hein was a famous dutch admiral/buccaneer who kicked the living shit out of, among others, the spanish. They still remember him fondly as the guy who hijacked their 'silverfleet'. As of today he's still remembered in a rhyme: Piet Hein, Piet Hein, his name may be small, but his deads are great, he has won the silverfleet. (well, it rhymes in dutch). And ofcourse the rhyme is used to promote a type of savings account called 'silverfleet' (what else :) which offers nice interest. What a way to make history! He didn't speak English very well, though. :)
C503719@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (Baird McIntosh) (10/23/90)
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ewout@topcat.cbm.commodore.com (Ewout Walraven - CATS) said:
>Your lack of knowledge of European history is astounding, Sir. Piet Hein
>was a famous dutch admiral/buccaneer who kicked the living shit out of,
>[...]
>:)
Are you serious? Either Piet Hein is really well-known, or I'm not a
European History major, or both. In any case, when did Piet say "Things.
Take. Time."? :-)
| Baird McIntosh | c503719@umcvmb.missouri.edu <-or-> c503719@umcvmb.bitnet |
| COOL DRIVING TECHNIQUE #23: Drive without brake lights. |
| (Light deactivation method is unimportant; just try to appear oblivious.) |C503719@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (Baird McIntosh) (10/23/90)
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peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) said:
>Piet Hein, Danish Mathematician and Poet. Inventor of the Superegg:
>[...]
> "When you feel how depressingly
> slowly you climb
> it's well to remember that
> Things Take Time."
Ah. Thank you, Peter. Of course, as you tell it, Piet said "Things Take
Time" while the quote I was claiming is "Things. Take. Time." :-)
I really am going to drop this now, but isn't this just a wee bit better
than the New Mac/Mac Classic/Cherry Mac discussions? No? Oh well.
>Peter da Silva. `-_-'
(Seriously, that's a nice poem.)
| Baird McIntosh | c503719@umcvmb.missouri.edu <-or-> c503719@umcvmb.bitnet |
| COOL DRIVING TECHNIQUE #23: Drive without brake lights. |
| (Light deactivation method is unimportant; just try to appear oblivious.) |