jonabbey@cs.utexas.edu (Jonathan David Abbey) (03/31/91)
This thread that Mike Farren and Mike Schwartz have provided us with has been very clarifying to me in my perception of the Amiga and it's true marketplace and so forth. More and more the Amiga seems to me like an Apple II or a C64, with the exception that you can multitask when you are running the AppleWorks, and the games can be much, much better when you are playing games. This is a good thing. In addition, I've been re-considering what I would like my next Amiga purchase to be. I'm a programmer, although I've not done much with Amiga programming recently, and certainly no great amount at all compared with folks here on .programmer. And I want to have all the great things to aid me in what programming I do do. But I am far more likely to buy a CDTV than a 3000 anytime soon. Being able to pay 1000 dollars to get a CD player, that I can use as an encyclopedia, and with which I will be able to access CD-ROM databases and information systems, which I will be able to play very good games on, which I can run some of my Amiga 1000 software on, which I will be able to hook up to my modem, which I will hopefully be able to link to ISDN when the time comes and perhaps see a QuantumLink type thing with CD-ROM caliber storage of still screens and music.. (Disclaimer.. I have never owned a C64. I bought a PCjr instead. I regret that somewhat, but King's Quest looked *so* good.. 8-) Hey! There is really no question in my mind. I lust after a CDTV, and will pinch and save to get one this summer if the fates are kind. If Commodore pushes this thing very hard, I expect a lot of people will do the same, both here and abroad. As an Amiga fanatic and cultist for the past 5.5 years, I feel no shame at all in the Amiga becoming a staple in houses everywhere, rather than a fixture in the workplace. I bought an Amiga because I like the dream of providing interactive power to the individual, and CDTV can do it far better than anything else around right now. CDTV is Commodore's true shining hope for mass appeal and fame, and I hope they devote bazillion's of resources to it, and prosper. At the moment though, I'd like to see a whole lot of people come over to .programmer and talk about how Peter Godeve and Peter Silva's PPIPC can change the world. Ya'll come now! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan David Abbey \"Take your place on the great Mandela" P,P&M the university of texas at austin \ jonabbey@cs.utexas.edu "Love me, love computer science/math?/psychology? \ (512) 472-2052 my Amiga" -Me
dave@unislc.uucp (Dave Martin) (04/05/91)
From article <287@atacama.cs.utexas.edu>, by jonabbey@cs.utexas.edu (Jonathan David Abbey): > > Being able to pay 1000 dollars to get a CD player, that I > can use as an encyclopedia, and with which I will be able to access CD-ROM > databases and information systems, which I will be able to play very good > games on, which I can run some of my Amiga 1000 software on, which I will > be able to hook up to my modem, which I will hopefully be able to link > to ISDN when the time comes and perhaps see a QuantumLink type thing with > CD-ROM caliber storage of still screens and music.. (Disclaimer.. I have > never owned a C64. I bought a PCjr instead. I regret that somewhat, but > King's Quest looked *so* good.. 8-) "Someday i'd like to sit down and diagram that sentence." -- said to a reporter during a desert-storm press briefing. 8-) 8-) 8-) -- VAX Headroom Speaking for myself only... blah blah blahblah blah... Internet: DMARTIN@CC.WEBER.EDU dave@saltlcy-unisys.army.mil uucp: dave@unislc.uucp or use the Path: line. Now was that civilized? No, clearly not. Fun, but in no sense civilized.