erict@flatline.UUCP (eric townsend) (01/14/88)
[Please reply directly to Eric, and let him post a summary back to the net. I'll drop anything I get that is not from Eric on the floor, as I believe this is only moderately relevent to comp.unix. Check the address your news software uses for your reply! -mod] I'm interested in the Amiga, and I always have been. I recently acquired a 3b1/67meg/EIA-RAM expansion/DOS-73 board, and am very happy with it except for it's horrible graphics and lack of internal sound. What I want is full-blown graphics/sound with multi-tasking, k&r c, and lotsa development goodies. I have the latter under control, 3b1's w/ full devlopment set are nice. My question: Should I 1. Trade my system for a full blown A2000 w/ hard drive (I could live w/o the dos bridge very easily, as I don't use my DOS-73 board now) and a lot of other goodies, or: 2. Get an Amiga 500 w/ Tektronics or some other emulation (writing my own graphics isn't out of the question, as I have the VDI drivers set) and use it as a front end box for the 3b1? Please post answers to the net, I think this information could be of use to anybody with a graphics weak UNIX system who is interested in expanding to a nice graphics box (cheaply). [As I said above, please *don't*. Send your input to Eric and ask him to *summarize* to the net. -mod] I'd also like to hear from P. da Silva and all other Amiga hacks that have some UNIX experience as to how hard/easy using an Amiga as front end to a UNIX box would be. -- J. Eric Townsend ->uunet!nuchat!flatline!erict smail:511Parker#2,Hstn,Tx,77007 Motorola skates on Intel's head! (This is not a '|'.)| I skate. You don't. I disclaim all responsibility for others' ignorances. | Go Away. -:^<