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From:Nick Lamburn
Date:4 Aug 2000 at 21:21:03
Subject:Re: Amiga is #7

Hi Don

>> Have a look at
>>
>> http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9911/22/digital.century/index.html
>>
>> and scroll down to the top ten 10 table.
>>
>> Amiga is number 7!!! What's worse is what beat us....
>> Compaq 386 to name one!!!
>
> The early Compaqs were very impressive for the time: they were the first
> high quality PCs (and expensive). IBM designed the PC to be a cheap
> gadget, not much more than a terminal. Compaq made it something for
> serious use.

Yes the Compaq 386s were good for their time (1985/'86) - but hey the Amiga
1000 was even better :) Still #7 out of all the other out there doesn't seem
/that/ bad.

Regards



Nick Lamburn - Dept. Manager of Trogladite Software
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