wizard@sosaria.UUCP (Chris Brand) (01/21/90)
farren@well.UUCP (Mike Farren) wrote: > Hmm. So what you are saying is that a system which costs (conservatively) > seven to ten times what the Amiga does will definitely outperform it, one > that costs only five times as much might outperform it, and one that costs > three times as much would go neck-to-neck (without multitasking, of course :-). > I guess this is what is known as a left-handed insult :-) Well...to do serious work with an Amiga, you need to invest a lot more than a standard machine costs. For example: you need a Multisync monitor, a flickerfixer, a turboboard, a big harddisk....costs for this go far beyond the price of a VGA 386er. -- ------------------------------------ Chris Brand - wizard@sosaria.imp.com "Justice is the possession and doing of what one is entitled to" - Platon ------------------------------------
duncan@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Shan D Duncan) (01/25/90)
From article <01890.AA01890@sosaria>, by wizard@sosaria.UUCP (Chris Brand): > > farren@well.UUCP (Mike Farren) wrote: > >> Hmm. So what you are saying is that a system which costs (conservatively) >> seven to ten times what the Amiga does will definitely outperform it, one >> that costs only five times as much might outperform it, and one that costs >> three times as much would go neck-to-neck (without multitasking, of course :-). >> I guess this is what is known as a left-handed insult :-) > > Well...to do serious work with an Amiga, you need to invest a lot more than > a standard machine costs. > For example: you need a Multisync monitor, a flickerfixer, a turboboard, a > big harddisk....costs for this go far beyond the price of a VGA 386er. > > > -- > ------------------------------------ > Chris Brand - wizard@sosaria.imp.com > "Justice is the possession and doing > of what one is entitled to" - Platon > ------------------------------------ Hmmm... interesting. I am trying to help someone set up his zeneth386/33. What operating system are you using on your 386? The problem we are having with our 386 is we need to use more than 640k at a time and swapping out to EMS does NOT do the trick. Slow. The programs we need to run are large pascal programs. ( > 1.5 Mb). Dos does not do this well. And dos extenders plus a compiler that generates TRUE 386 codes are about $1000 ($400 + $600). Actually to be able to use the full power of a 386 right now we are leaning towards some form of U*IX. Now would I have this memory problem with my amiga, WITHOUT having to buy a different operating system? Useful is a relative term. If you have some suggestions for my 386 problems please email. Trying to use the full power of a 386 (rather than a fast 8086) has been rather frustrating. In quest of some useful information.