lmurray@wdl1.UUCP (12/03/87)
Hi! I'm new to this newsgroup, so pardon me if this has already been
asked (probably several times by now :).
I am looking for a micro for the following reasons:
1) smart terminal (vt100, tek/4010, etc.)
2) GAMES!, and more games ....
3) Word processing (small time electronic publishing)
4) small programming tasks (C, Pascal, assembly, etc.)
I would like to know the advantages/disadvantages of the Amiga family
(500, 1000, 2000) and the C=128/64 family. I could ask my local
C= dealers, but I'm tired of all the salesman hype. Also, I don't want
to buy a system, and find any *extra* suprises in the software (ie,
"Oh, to use that disk drive we just sold you, you need to by this, ...
and this, ... and ..."); I presume many of you went through some
sort of decision making process, and have already gotten met any
bugs that may be lurking out there.
If you suggest a particular system (with justifications PLEASE), give
me the mininum configuration you feel is necessary (ie, memory, #-disks,
hard disk?, type of printer, modem & software suggestions, etc.). I guess
what I'm really asking is "What are the add on's that I _really_ need
when starting off?"
Please E-mail me the responses, and I'll summorize and re-post. Thanks
in advance for your help.
-lance-
lmurray@ford-wdl1
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