| From: | Anton Reinauer |
| Date: | 29 Aug 99 at 05:03:36 |
| Subject: | Re: Future of Amiga |
> Whereas emulation of the present Amigas on wintel machines is
> basically a novelty and more trouble than it's worth for most people
> (sort of like emulating a wintel on an old Amiga), emulation of a
> present-generation Amiga on a NG Amiga will be very good indeed.
> Adding a fast processor to a present generation Amiga will definately
> make a new machine out of it though, and adding a G3 PPC to one will
> make it leave pentiums and Macs in the dust! The Amiga OS and software
> are so much more well optimised that giving them a ride on a modern
> processor is like launching them on a rocket! I use Art Effects 3 on
> my Amigas, and Photoshop 5 on a Mac G3-350mhz tower at work. Art
> Effects with a good processor on the Amiga OS is MUCH faster. The same
> can be said for Photogenics, PageStream, Personal Paint, TV Paint,
> Alladin 4D, and a growing list of other things which support PPC.
Yeah, try using Explorer5 on a 266PII- sloooowww. It takes about *2*
seconds to repond to a menu event!!!
and Thanks for the positive talk! :-)
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