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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

671.0. "Apple captures Bytes' BIX" by CSSE::WARD () Tue Aug 25 1987 17:18

    The September issue of Byte has dropped Amiga from the Best of Bix.
    Another page has something about getting on.  It seems coincidental
    that Bix and Usenet (Note #669) have turned off.  On the upside,
    Amiga World is going monthly before year-end.
    
    By-the-way, Manx supposedly is shipping a new "68020" C compiler.
    Any Info folks?

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671.1 Actually, things look pretty good from here. LEDS::ACCIARDI Tue Aug 25 1987 17:34 27

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671.1	Actually, things look pretty good from here.	LEDS::ACCIARDI		`Tue Aug 25 1987 17:34`	27
	I wouldn't get too excited about Byte not having the Amiga 'best of' for one month; the Amiga conference has been reported to have among the most traffic on BIX. (No, I don't know who said that) Likewise, USENET recently posted that the comp.sys.amiga had the second largest message traffic of all conferences. The winner? 'Woman talk' USENET has been as active as ever on comp.sys.amiga. For transcripts, you can download weekly messages from PLINK. I believe the receiving software has been broken on the DEC end for some time, since I haven't been getting comp.sys.atari either. If anything, the future of the Amiga seems brighter than ever, to me. Developers are overjoyed at the thoughts of a million A500s. Initial sales figures for the A500 are 50,000-70,000 for the first few months. Comdex was a resounding success. Commodore has an old warrior back in charge. I've seen the Amiga commercials for the fall, and they look good. There's more software arriving than I can even keep track of. (I think someone said over 900 titles, so far). For a while, I considered jumping ship to a MAC ][. After using one for a few hours, I guess I wouldn't trade my current setup for one. As nice as the display is, I still think the Amiga is much more seductive. And much more fun.

    I wouldn't get too excited about Byte not having the Amiga 'best
    of' for one month; the Amiga conference has been reported to have
    among the most traffic on BIX.  (No, I don't know who said that)
    
    Likewise, USENET recently posted that the comp.sys.amiga had the
    second largest message traffic of all conferences.  The winner?
    'Woman talk'
    
    USENET has been as active as ever on comp.sys.amiga.  For transcripts,
    you can download weekly messages from PLINK.  I believe the receiving
    software has been broken on the DEC end for some time, since I haven't
    been getting comp.sys.atari either.
          
    If anything, the future of the Amiga seems brighter than ever, to
    me.  Developers are overjoyed at the thoughts of a million A500s.
    Initial sales figures for the A500 are 50,000-70,000 for the first
    few months.  Comdex was a resounding success.  Commodore has an
    old warrior back in charge.  I've seen the Amiga commercials for
    the fall, and they look good.  There's more software arriving than
    I can even keep track of.  (I think someone said over 900 titles,
    so far).
    
    For a while, I considered jumping ship to a MAC ][.  After using
    one for a few hours, I guess I wouldn't trade my current setup for
    one.  As nice as the display is, I still think the Amiga is much
    more seductive.  And much more fun.