On 5 Aug 2001, at 12:16, Richard Baker wrote:
> Jeroen said:
>
> > Sounds like my machine: P200 (no MMX), 32 MB RAM and a 1.2 Gb
> > harddisk (added a 1.6 Gb drive later). Bleeding-edge when I bought
> > it. Nowadays it's considered old and slow, and is usually referred
> > to in foul language...
>
> If we're comparing the age and slow clock speed of our machines, then
> I have to chip in: Amiga 1200 (AmigaOS3.9, Opus 5.82), 25MHz 68040,
> Picasso IV graphics card (running in 1152x900x24), 34Mb RAM, 10Gb
> harddisk. My friends all think I should get an x86 PC (running Linux,
> probably) but my Amiga does what I need, does it well, is highly
> customised and very flexible and I love it, so why should I migrate to
> some other platform? (It amuses me no end that my ancient 25MHz
> machine is more responsive than my sister's modern PC running Windows
> 98.)
I have a A1200. 30Mhz processor, 34Mb RAM, 3 GB HDD, heh
More portable than my desktop and way more powerful than my
ancient 486 SX/40 laptop with 24MB RAM and 220MB HDD. I can
run Lightwave's modeler on it, even :)
And you do know that the new Amigas run a GUI over LINUX on
standard x86 hardware, right?
Andy
Dawn Falcon
