consp13@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Marcus Cannava) (06/28/90)
For those people who stated that AMAX with MIDI support would make the Amiga sell -- The August Issue of AmigaWorld has an ad for AMAX II, which DOES support MIDI and Hard Drive partitions. Check it out -- I think it's page 3 or 4 (don't have the issue with me). \marc ===== 'I do not fear computers.. I fear the lack of them' -- I. Asimov RNM
jac423@leah.Albany.Edu (Jules Cisek) (06/28/90)
That's just awful. There is no better platform for music than the Amiga. If only the developers would see the need for more music software for the Amiga, we wouldn't need to turn to a Mac emulator that totally takes over the Amiga. We're going to get crushed by our own hardware. The AMAX is one of the worst things that's ever happened to the Amy. People now actually consider buying the Amy just for the Mac compatability (it's cheaper than a real Mac!). What kind of software support will a machine get if its central selling point is compatability with different, INFERIOR, machines? I've always been very against emulators and such. The Amiga has a very capable operating system with with much more potential than a Mac, more than an IBM comp and not just for music and art. We have to get more MIDI software on the Amy. A MultiMedia computer needs good music software. Deluxe Music is a toy compared to what I'm talking about. Music-X is fantastic, but we need more. And lets not turn to an emulator that makes having Workbench unnecessary because we want to save money not buying the real thing. -- | // Amiga Student on Campus Consultant Jules Cisek I do think | | \X/ Computing Services Center Consultant SUNYA, NY USA it's good! | | AMIGA Computer Science Major/Music Minor jac423@leah.albany.edu |
consp13@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Marcus Cannava) (06/29/90)
In article <3252@leah.Albany.Edu>, jac423@leah.Albany.Edu (Jules Cisek) writes: |> |> |> The AMAX is one of the worst things that's ever happened to the Amy. |> Why? It's just one more selling point for the Amiga. Not only is it more powerful than the Macintosh, it can actually run the Mac's software, and do it faster! I think this is a good *option* to have. Let's face it: Sometimes there's some really good software for other computers that have no chance of being ported over to the Amiga, for whatever reason. Would you like to be locked out from the option of using that software with an emulator, or be able to run it? Having an emulator simply broadens the software base that the Amiga can use. Now, if the Amiga came *off the shelf* Macintosh compatible, that might hinder serious Amiga development. |> |>People now actually consider buying the Amy just for the Mac |>compatability (it's cheaper than a real Mac!). |> What's wrong with that? Would you rather they buy a Macintosh, and have Commodore lose the sale? The idea here is to get Amigas "out there", no matter what the reason. Let people begin to play with this amazing machine, and they might even start to use the Amiga side over the Macintosh side. |> |>What kind of software |>support will a machine get if its central selling point is compatability |>with different, INFERIOR, machines? |> This is not Commodore's "central" selling point, and that's important, for you are correct here: If Commodore was pushing the Amiga as the "Three-in-one" machine (i.e. IBM, Mac, Amiga), then support for Amiga s/w would be weak. But Commodore is *not* doing that. Compatibility is simply one of the Amiga's abilities, not its central selling point. |> |>The Amiga has a very capable operating system with |>much more potential than a Mac, more than an IBM comp and not just |>for music and art. |> I know that. You know that. Most of the people reading this know that. But does "joe-average-Mac-user" or "joe- average-IBM-user" know that? Let them buy the Amiga for the environment they're used to -- and hopefully, they'll get a taste for the Amiga environment, too. |>We have to get more MIDI software on the Amy. A MultiMedia computer |>needs good music software. This is true, undoubtedly. |> Deluxe Music is a toy compared to what I'm |>talking about. Music-X is fantastic, but we need more. There are some fantastic music programs for the Amiga, for one, the Dr. T's series. Others do exist. I have a feeling it will improve. \marc ===== 'I do not fear computers.. I fear the lack of them' -- I. Asimov RNM