lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (12/15/89)
In <1555@rodan.acs.syr.edu>, jacurtis@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Jeff Curtis) writes: > 1) Does anyone have any serious complaints about either hardware > or the operating system? No. Each revision of the OS has fixed bugs or anomalies, and we are more in a mode of thinking about improvements for revisions to come. The earliest OS revs were best described as 'unstable', but the ideas werre there, and the furtue was planned for in many ways. > 2) Since I have tons of 64 software and I know that there is a > 64 emulation, I plan at least for awhile to use some of it. > Since all of it is on 5.25" disks is there a 5.25" floppy > disk drive available and how is the 64 Emulator and will it > work with GEOS? I haven't actually used any of the C64 emulators, but there aren't a lot of rave reviews of them forthcoming. I moved from a C64 and C128 to the Amiga, and kept the 128 around for the same reason you want to run the emulators. As it turned out, the only thing I ran on the 128 was a telecom program, and did that only because at the time, there were no telecom programs at all available for the Amiga. The 128 was a good machine, but the Amiga so far overshadowed it that I ended up giving it to a niece and nephew. That was in late '85, so as you can imagine, the software situation is _much_ better now (nearly 300 disks in the Fred Fish collection now). I would recommend saving the money you would spend on the 64 emulator and buy Disk2Disk to bring over your data files if you have a lot of them, and spend the rest on.... > 3) I love MS-Word for the Macintosh. Is there any word processing > program that is similar to MS-Word for the Mac? Which word > processing and Desktop publishing programs would you recommend? ... Amax, the Mac emulator. I don't know for sure, but I think it will run Word. There are quite a few word processors available that run native on the Amiga as well, and you should probably check them out too, but if Word is your favourite, you can probably have it. > 4) What is a good modem and telecommunications program for the > Amiga (at least 1200 bps) Pick a modem, any modem. Supra makes a nice little 2400 BPS Hayes compatible that can be had for perhaps $150 (they are about $230 in Canada. Your mileage may vary). For terminal software, there are a number of choices, in freeware, shareware, and commercial offerings. Stay away from (in my opinion) Diga! Online! Amigaterm Worth looking at: Commercial: Atalk Shareware: Access! CoComm JRComm Freeware: Aterm Unknown, but either shareware or free: VLT Handshake Comm I have left out a number of terminal programs due to unfamiliarity with them. -larry -- " All I ask of my body is that it carry around my head." - Thomas Alva Edison - +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
jacurtis@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Jeff Curtis) (12/16/89)
I have finally grown out of my (ugh) Commodore 128 and am considering purchasing an Amiga 500. However I have a few questions before I plan on spending at least $500 for it. 1) Does anyone have any serious complaints about either hardware or the operating system? 2) Since I have tons of 64 software and I know that there is a 64 emulation, I plan at least for awhile to use some of it. Since all of it is on 5.25" disks is there a 5.25" floppy disk drive available and how is the 64 Emulator and will it work with GEOS? 3) I love MS-Word for the Macintosh. Is there any word processing program that is similar to MS-Word for the Mac? Which word processing and Desktop publishing programs would you recommend? 4) What is a good modem and telecommunications program for the Amiga (at least 1200 bps) Thanks for any help anyone can qive me. You may either post your responses or E-mail them to me. Jeff Internet jacurtis@rodan.acs.syr.edu