On Mon, 9 May 1994 10:57:08 +0100 (BST), Nigel J Kettlewell said:
> But is the new machine going to jump straight into BASIC like SAM does, or
> into a CLI or even a (shock, horror) GUI?
> Pre-emptive multi-tasking would be nice, tho things start getting tricky
> when you do that. Co-operative is easier, but not nearly so nice. (Anybody
> out there who _likes_ windoze?)
("GET OS/2!") :-)
So, is it going to be a Unix machine? :-)
> Hardware scrolling and sprites would be _good_, but not perhaps essential.
What about a blitter?
By the way, what advantage will this machine have over its competitors?
If I buy a PC for some "serious" work, will I want one of these too?
imc (sorry, I had an unused pile of question marks which I bought in earlier
at a heavy discount...)
