jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett) (08/07/89)
Another thing that I've noticed lately is a steep decline in the general
helpfulness of the "experts" out there in net.land. Back in the early Amiga
days (I bought my A1000 in December, 1985.), the people on USENET and other
networks were VERY helpful. Even stupid new user questions were answered
quickly and politely. More recently, as net volume has increased, I've noticed
that answers become fewer. Also, and possibly more importantly, several of
the net.experts have become so impressed with their own importance and ability
that they sometimes decide to flame first and "take no prisoners." This really
saddens me. (No, I'm not going to say that "this is the end of the net as we
know it.") Yes, I know that sometimes people have bad days, but that is what
alt.flame is for!
Since I am NOT a net.expert, this may be a little "impertinent." However,
I do have a suggestion for those net.experts still bothering to read these
(.amiga and .amiga.tech) newsgroups. Please consider taking the time to try
to give a helpful answer once or twice a month. (For those already doing more,
thank you. You are making the net a better place.)
Thank you,
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Jim Pritchett
UUCP: {attctc|texbell}!letni!caleb!jdpdenbeste@bbn.com (Steven Den Beste) (08/07/89)
In article <1381.AA1381@caleb> jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett) writes: > > Another thing that I've noticed lately is a steep decline in the general >helpfulness of the "experts" out there in net.land. Back in the early Amiga >days (I bought my A1000 in December, 1985.), the people on USENET and other >networks were VERY helpful. Even stupid new user questions were answered >quickly and politely. More recently, as net volume has increased, I've noticed >that answers become fewer. I don't know about anyone else, but I've been sending my answers by Email so as to not load down the net with (possibly) duplicate answers. That, though, would be invisible to you unless you are the one who asked the question. Steven C. Den Beste || denbeste@bbn.com (ARPA/CSNET) BBN Communications Corp. || {apple, usc, husc6, csd4.milw.wisc.edu, 150 Cambridge Park Dr. || gatech, oliveb, mit-eddie, Cambridge, MA 02140 || ulowell}!bbn.com!denbeste (USENET)
451061@UOTTAWA.BITNET (Valentin Pepelea) (08/08/89)
Jim Pritchett <jdp@caleb.uucp> writes in Message-ID: <1381.AA1381@caleb> > Another thing that I've noticed lately is a steep decline in the general > helpfulness of the "experts" out there in net.land. Back in the early Amiga > days (I bought my A1000 in December, 1985.), the people on USENET and other > networks were VERY helpful. Even stupid new user questions were answered > quickly and politely. More recently, as net volume has increased, I've > noticed that answers become fewer. Also, and possibly more importantly, > sever al of the net.experts have become so impressed with their own > importance and ability that they sometimes decide to flame first and "take > no prisoners." I disagree with this. The way in which novice questions are answered is probably different. I for one still answer such questions through e-mail about twice a week. I sure a lot of people on the net could testify about that. Another thing to notice is that the net.experts' flames are in reply to comments and opinions, not to questions. "I don't use ARP cause it ain't official." (Aarrgghh) Yet another point is that in 1985 this was the only forum where you could get info, while today beginner's questions can be answered on any local BBS. Valentin _________________________________________________________________________ The godess of democracy? "The Name: Valentin Pepelea tyrants may destroy a statue, Phonet: (613) 231-7476 but they cannot kill a god." Bitnet: 451061@Uottawa.bitnet Usenet: Use cunyvm.cuny.edu gate - Confucius Planet: 451061@acadvm1.UOttawa.CA
collins@Alliant.COM (Phil Collins) (08/08/89)
Ok,here is a question for someone.Is there any way i can speed up the amiga 500 using hardware?I am going for the 68010,I would possible like to increase the clock speed and need to know what other chips I would have to change to go along with the increase in speed.I am posting this message for a friend.
david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- One of the vertebrae) (08/10/89)
I see it as experts getting tired of answering the same questions
over and over again. I know that I get tired of that ...
There is a constant influx of new readers into Usenet in general
and c.s.a in particular. For instance Some new readers are also new
to the machine and they start asking all the standard questions
that new owners ask.
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<- "So raise your right hand if you thought that was a Russian water tentacle."rg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rick Francis Golembiewski) (08/11/89)
Yes a 68010 will give you some (very slight, about 5%) improvement, and can be directly inserted into the 68000's socket. However, there might be some software which doesn't like the 68010, because 1 instruction is different, however there is a public domain program (decigel) to deal with these programs. If you want to get more speed out of a 500 you have a few options, for about $150 you can get a processor accelerator (Creative micro systems I think was the company) which gives you a 16Mhz 68000 (say 20-40% speed up from what I've heard) and a socket for a 68881 math co-processor. Then if you are willing to spend more $$$ you can get a 68020 board (there are a few companies that make them, CSA and Ronnin come to mind), which will give you more speed, but you will need 32 bit memory (which will cost lots of $$$) before you really see the best imporvement. A 68020 board will cost somewhere around $500, and the 32 bit memory board will cost about $1000 with memory. All in all if you want a 68020 amiga, then it's probabily worth getting a 2500 to get the Hard drive and expansion slots. Good luck. // Rick Golembiewski rg20+@andrew.cmu.edu \\ \\ #include stddisclaimer.h // \\ "I never respected a man who could spell" // \\ -M. Twain //
root@crash.cts.com (Super user) (08/18/89)
Network Comment: to #2484 by david@ms.uky.edu
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