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On 2020-09-23, Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:

> So, while one would have expected even the mainstream media to have
> taken notice of the groundbreaking Amiga 1000 when it came out,
> despite the fact that even by 1987 the PC and Mac hadn't caught up
> with its graphics and sound capabilities, the "mainstream media" was
> quite correctly paying attention to the things that were important -
> the computers that you could get software for, the computers that
> were being used in offices and small businesses everywhere.

There was plenty of software available for the Amiga - I ran
WordPerfect on mine.

The most important thing that the Amiga was missing was the
magic three letters in its name.

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Old days maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-09-23 10:58 +0000
  Re: Old days JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-09-23 11:31 -0500
    Re: Old days Chris <xxx.syseng.yyy@gfsys.co.uk> - 2020-09-23 17:46 +0100
      Re: Old days J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-23 13:22 -0400
    Re: Old days Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-09-23 17:55 +0000
      Re: Old days Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-09-23 20:08 +0000
        Re: Old days JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-09-23 16:14 -0500
        Re: Old days Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-09-23 15:34 -0700
          Re: Old days J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-23 19:15 -0400
          Re: Old days Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-09-24 18:40 +0000
            Re: Old days Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-09-24 19:42 +0000
              Re: Old days Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-09-24 16:42 -0500
                Re: Old days Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-09-25 07:59 +0000
                Re: Old days maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-09-25 10:12 +0000
                Re: Old days Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-09-25 13:54 +0000
                Re: Old days J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-25 15:53 -0400
            Re: Old days JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-09-24 16:07 -0500
            Re: Old days Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-09-24 15:48 -0700
              Re: Old days Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-09-24 23:18 +0000
            Re: Old days Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-09-25 00:53 +0100
    Re: Old days "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-09-23 19:52 +0200
      Re: Old days Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-09-23 11:36 -0700
        Re: Old days Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-09-23 12:46 -0600
          Re: Old days J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-23 19:10 -0400
          Re: Old days Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-09-24 08:39 +0100
            Re: Old days Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-09-24 08:58 -0600
        Re: Old days scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-09-23 19:19 +0000
        Re: Old days "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-09-23 23:11 +0200
        Re: Old days J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-23 19:09 -0400
          Re: Old days maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-09-24 08:10 +0000
            Re: Old days Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-09-24 09:02 -0600
              Re: Old days Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-09-24 16:31 +0100
              Re: Old days maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-09-24 17:06 +0000
                Re: Old days Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-09-24 16:27 -0600
              Re: Old days Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-09-24 16:36 -0500
            Re: Old days JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-09-24 10:37 -0500
              Re: Old days maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-09-24 17:09 +0000
          Re: Old days scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-09-24 13:39 +0000
            Re: Old days Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-09-24 14:34 +0000
              Re: Old days scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-09-24 15:30 +0000
                Re: Old days Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-09-24 16:42 +0000
            Re: Old days Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-09-24 11:21 -0700
              Re: Old days scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-09-24 18:52 +0000
  Re: Old days Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-09-23 16:39 -0500

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