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- From: cs89ssg@brunel.ac.uk (Sunil Gupta)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: F\*CKING IBM'ERS!
- Message-ID: <C19I7w.193@brunel.ac.uk>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 15:40:43 GMT
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- Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
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- I.A. Inman (I.A.Inman@newcastle.ac.uk) wrote:
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- : In article <VAGLE.20.727389764@hauk.hsr.no>, VAGLE@hauk.hsr.no (Vagle, Lars) writes:
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- : It seems everyone has forgotten about the old enemy - ATARI.
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- : Why can't we all get back to slagging them off, I mean with their Falcon, they're
- : asking for it. I'm sorry, but IBM'ers are BORING. :)
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- Well had you watched the teeny bopper games master program on telly here in
- the UK, your wish would have come true
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- three top bods from the Atari, Acorn and Commodore were quizeed about their
- spanking new 32 bit machines
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- I forget most of the names, but Kelly Sumner was the Commodore Rep, Im doing
- this from memory so the quotes may be technically inaccurate, but you'll get the jist of it
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- Q1) what graphics capabilities do your machines have
- Atari man: (confidentally) 256 from X thousand colour pallete
- Acorn man: (wimpishly) 16 colours from X hundred colours
- Kelly C= : (Manic grin) 16 Million colours (Smug)
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- Q2) what sound capabilities does your machine offer
- Atari man: (confidentally) 8 16 bit sound
- Acon man : (proud) 8 8 bit sound
- Kelly : (quiet, dejected) err 4 channel stereo
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- Q3) what games are available
- Atari man: (confidentally) 16 titles are under development
- Acorn Man: (confident) 25 existing titles 200 being developed
- Kelly : (jeery grin) 2500 titles work, many more being developed
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- cs89ssg@uk.ac.brunel
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