black@ll-null.ll.mit.edu (Jerry Glomph Black) (11/13/90)
I've spent years with CP/M and Z-System machines & software, and I still use both my BigBoard I and several SB180s running Z-software. The BigBoard has been lobotomized to boot up as a terminal for the other systems. Anyway, when the urge arises, I do my software & hardware hacking on my Amiga 500! The system is ultra-open, and allows all sorts of hardware & software hacks, with color video, and 4-channel sound. A real deal for $500., comes with floppy, 1 Meg Ram, now bundled with the AmigaVision audio-video authoring s/w which is pretty decent. Also, the O/S is virtually all on the ROM (256kB), so you get to use more than 93% of the RAM. For mouse-haters (and Mac-haters)like me, you almost NEVER have to use it. I have no connection with the mfr., I just like to play with this machine. Jerry Black, black@MICRO.LL.MIT.EDU