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   Bye Bye AMOS
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   Dear N.B.A

   What do you think of Blitz BASIC? is it really a serious threat to AMOS?
   Oh and keep up the good work on the magazine.

   James Knox, Greater Manchester

   The postman's response:-

   Blitz BASIC is definately a serious threat to AMOS, although I doubt
   that it will take off as much and enjoy the same level of success as our
   beloved baby.  For starters it is more involved than AMOS and the manual
   is extremely naff.  It doesn't have a dedicated sprite designer and
   compiled programs are extremely temperamental.  On the plus side it's
   very fast - even more so than compiled AMOS.  However, you can achieve
   the same speed by purchasing our TURBO extension (see the public domain
   section for more information).  Oh and Skidmarks is far better than
   anything AMOS can do!

   Sorry to have to say that James but Blitz BASIC was written as a games
   creating language by games programmers and assuch it is good at creating
   games.  AMOS was written as a BASIC programming language and as such is
   not brilliant at super-fast arcade games.  Personally I use both.  Don't
   worry though, you won't be seeing Nothing But BLITZ for quite some time.


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