Greetings everyone , can't resist this reply to the hi-tech instrument
panel debate, although I don't want to uprise a debate over which OS:
> > Who do you know still using a 486 box,
>
> Well, actually, this is being written on a 386DX 40MHZ box, using W95 !
I'm using an Amiga with a Motorola 68060 CPU, 18Mb Ram, 1.2Gb HD and the
absolutely brilliant AmigaOS 3. Well I think you all know by now that I'm
a flying Amiga fanatic now...
> do they think it is fast?
>
> I think it is 40MHZ fast !!!
Nah my 50Mhz 060 aout performs a Pentium 133 anyday, and that isn't even
counting the brilliant OS I'm running (fully pre-emptive multitasking OS
unlike any other (it was based on Unix with a GUI, not unlike X Windows I
suppose, originally)).
Well I know people here might not like this message, but I really dislike
Windows 95, Mac System 7, etc, only AmigaOS for me, although I am buying
a PC for Microsoft Flight Sim 5 ;)
I'm trying to decide what I should do for my last year University project.
If anyone has any ideas, please contact me (the project will have computer
hardware equipment, such as an PCI board (well Zorro board in my case and
custom software written for the board). I'm thinking about something that
would be very useful on the flightdeck of a light aircraft, any ideas (I've
got a few of my own, but would like some suggestions) would be appreciated.
Btw I'm a C/C++, Assembler programmer for both the Amiga and PC computers, so
if anyone needs some help (I'm better with C/C++ though), then you know who
to ask... :)
> hope our hard drives don't crash.
Well mine did 3 months ago, and it was a nightmare, lost everything (I'm
backing everything up now every month). I'm glad my flying hasn't proved such
as a disaster as my Hard Drive! ;)
I'm sorry about this mail if anyone thinks its silly, but I thought I'd post
this anyway.
Also thanks to the two people who offered to show me their Europa project,
I'll probably take you up on the offer, as I haven't found anyone in Cardiff,
what a suprise! ;)
Best Wishes everyone, and this is the last posting I'm sending here about the
Amiga vs PC vs Mac (I quite like Macs though) debate(!)...
EMail from Richard Thomas in Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Compulsive, Paranoid and Anti-Social, but basically Happy!
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