iadt3tb@pyr.gatech.EDU (T. Terrell Banks) (02/10/88)
I will be replacing a very old home computer system soon. I
need information.
Please send me mail rather than fill up this newsgroup.
The systems I'm looking at are Amiga and Atari. Does Amiga
have a readily available PC/MS-DOS facility? Is it hardware
or software? What is the approximate cost? Same question for
MacIntosh. Same question for older Apple ][.
How about a few Pros/Cons of the Amiga and Atari. (Be fair and
truthful -- I am aware that you are going to be biased!)
One last item, is a good terminal emulation available to login
into an IBM mainframe (MVS and CMS usage)?
Thanks,
Terry Banks
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Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0185duncanj@umd5.umd.edu (James Duncan) (02/10/88)
If MS-DOS compatibilty is a concern go with the Amiga 2000 with the Bridge Card. I myself own an Amiga 1000. The 2000 will give you full IBM PC/XT compatibility in a hardware package. As for the availability of terminal emulators there are several. There is a PD vt100 emulator that works fine with the CMS environment of IBM mainframes. Also Online! works as vt100 emulator for use in the CMS environment. I have used both with no problem connect to our IBM mainframes at Univ. of MD. As with any decision to buy hardware, decide on the type of software you want to run then get hardware to run it. Amiga: 1. 2000 with bridge card - IBM PC standards - dbase III+, Lotus, ect.... 2. WordProcessing - WordPerfect, numerous others I haven't tried 3. Telecommunications - Online!, PD vt100 emulators, there are at least a half dozen others available 4. Databases - Superbase - haven't tried this one but I hear it's good 5. Languages - Aztec C, Lattice C, Modula2, ARexx, AmigaBasic ... 6. Games - Electronic Arts and many other publishers too numerous to name. I recommend scanning this newgroup for software reviews. - Jim Duncan
kudla@pawl8.pawl.rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla) (02/10/88)
In article <4965@pyr.gatech.EDU> iadt3tb@pyr.UUCP (T. Terrell Banks) writes: > How about a few Pros/Cons of the Amiga and Atari. (Be fair and > truthful -- I am aware that you are going to be biased!) Uh-oh... Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the Net! The return of... F L A M E W A R S!!!!! ------------Robert J. Kudla - Pseudo-Freshman Extraordinaire------------- Screw the disclaimers- flame at will!! Itt@RPITSMTS.BITNET And you may ask yourself- How do I work this? FU7Z%mts@itsgw.rpi.edu (I sure as hell do...) kudla@pawl.rpi.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------