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Date: Tue, 11-Apr-1989 10:31:12 From: Unknown Subject: Alternatives to NeXT? WRONG! >From: Gerhard Eckel <V4110DAA@AWIUNI11> This is ridiculous ... > (Personally, I'd *love* to see some KILLER games on the NeXT. This has real > possibilities, far beyond ANYTHING you've seen, esp. with the sound!) -- Gerhard (V4110DAA@AWIUNI11.BITNET) ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Tue, 11-Apr-1989 09:14:43 From: Unknown Subject: Re: Alternatives to NeXT? WRONG! >From: dsill@relay.nswc.navy.mil Michael Nosal <ST502042%BROWNVM.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> writes: [Several comments about new types of applications made feasible by the NeXT, which I agree are worthwhile and exciting, followed by:] >(Personally, I'd *love* to see some KILLER games on the NeXT. This has real >possibilities, far beyond ANYTHING you've seen, esp. with the sound!) Here I beg to differ in a big way. The Amiga is probably the best game platform today. Its sound capabilities are not as good as the NeXT's, but they're certainly adequate for games. The Amiga's hardware-supported color graphics paint circles around the NeXT's boring grays. Of course, at under $1000 (for an Amiga 500 w/monitor), it's far too cheap to be taken seriously. :-) -Dave (dsill@relay.nswc.navy.mil) ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Tue, 11-Apr-1989 09:14:43 From: Unknown Subject: Re: Alternatives to NeXT? WRONG! >From: dsill@relay.nswc.navy.mil Michael Nosal <ST502042%BROWNVM.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> writes: [Several comments about new types of applications made feasible by the NeXT, which I agree are worthwhile and exciting, followed by:] >(Personally, I'd *love* to see some KILLER games on the NeXT. This has real >possibilities, far beyond ANYTHING you've seen, esp. with the sound!) Here I beg to differ in a big way. The Amiga is probably the best game platform today. Its sound capabilities are not as good as the NeXT's, but they're certainly adequate for games. The Amiga's hardware-supported color graphics paint circles around the NeXT's boring grays. Of course, at under $1000 (for an Amiga 500 w/monitor), it's far too cheap to be taken seriously. :-) -Dave (dsill@relay.nswc.navy.mil) ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Tue, 11-Apr-1989 10:55:00 From: Unknown Subject: Re: Alternatives to NeXT? WRONG! >From: Scott P Leslie <UNCSPL@UNC> > Michael Nosal <ST502042%BROWNVM.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> writes: > [Several comments about new types of applications made feasible by the > NeXT, which I agree are worthwhile and exciting, followed by:] > > >(Personally, I'd *love* to see some KILLER games on the NeXT. This has real > >possibilities, far beyond ANYTHING you've seen, esp. with the sound!) > > Here I beg to differ in a big way. The Amiga is probably the best > game platform today. Its sound capabilities are not as good as the > NeXT's, but they're certainly adequate for games. The Amiga's > hardware-supported color graphics paint circles around the NeXT's > boring grays. Of course, at under $1000 (for an Amiga 500 w/monitor), > it's far too cheap to be taken seriously. :-) > > -Dave (dsill@relay.nswc.navy.mil) Not to mention that MIDI capability can easily surpass the processing power of the NeXT, and it's already available for several computers.
Date: Tue, 11-Apr-1989 10:29:00 From: Unknown Subject: Re: Alternatives to NeXT? WRONG! >From: Scott Hess <SCOTT@GACVAX1> I don't know. I would say 10 thousand for a games machine is a bit steep. Of course, if the toned-down student version comes out that (almost) fixes that. I do hold with some of the things said in the original article (sorry, no inserts, already deleted and gone), but some was a bit bad. The last time I checked, there weren't too many artificially intelligent programs that can manipulate your data the way you want them to, without you telling them exactly how to do it. Spreadsheets and kin WILL be needed for an awfully long time. The small amount of work I've done on "user-friendly" systems gives me the impression that they are user friendly, but NOT "power-user" friendly. And I would put most spreadsheets in power-user range. I've heard that the 10 thousand dollar version for the business person is out. Is this true? Alas - it should make money, but it will also tend to give the NeXT a reputation less inclined towards education, I would think. Of course, it is a flexible machine ... Scott Hess, <Scott@gacvax1.bitnet> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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