By Paul Somerfeldt, Contributing Editor, See staff list for e-mail address
Editor's Note: See the poll for more information.
And the results for this month are:
Systems: 1000 0 0.00% 500 2 5.71% 2000 6 17.14% 2500 0 0.00% 3000 7 20.00% 3000T 1 2.86% 600 0 0.00% 1200 7 20.00% 4000 11 31.43% 4000T 1 2.86% CPU: 68000 0 0.00% 68020 1 2.86% 68030 13 37.14% 68040 13 37.14% 68060 8 22.86% 604e 1 2.86%
(Since the PPC chip requires a 680x0 chip to run AmigaOS, it is included only to show trends. In this case, the user also has a 68060 chip.)
OS:
1.0 0 0.00%
1.1 0 0.00%
1.2 0 0.00%
1.3 0 0.00%
2.0 0 0.00%
2.1 0 0.00%
3.0 7 20.00%
3.1 28 80.00%
RAM:
Megabytes
1 - 10 6 17.14%
11 - 20 14 40.00%
21 - 30 4 11.43%
31 - 40 4 11.43%
41 - 50 3 8.57%
51 - 60 0 0.00%
61 - 70 2 5.71%
71 - 80 0 0.00%
81 - 90 1 2.86%
91 - 100 0 0.00%
More than 100 1 2.86%
Average 28
Smallest 6
Largest 130
Connect Speed:
14.4 5 14.29%
28.8 8 22.86%
33.6 12 34.29%
56K 5 14.29%
ISDN 3 8.57%
10Base-T 1 2.86%
(One user did not include a modem speed.)
Country:
Australia 1 2.86%
Canada 1 2.86%
Germany 3 8.57%
Japan 1 2.86%
UK 4 11.43%
USA 25 71.43%
AOL Subscriber:
Yes 7 20.00%
No 28 80.00%
How connect to AOL:
Clone 3 42.86%
Mac 0 0.00%
Clone Emulator 1 14.29%
Mac Emulator 3 42.86%
Would join AOL:
Yes 10 35.71%
No 17 60.71%
No Response 1 3.57%
Online Machine:
Amiga 26 74.29%
Clone 5 14.29%
Mac 1 2.86%
Sun 1 2.86%
Other System 1 2.86%
No Response 1 2.86%
(Other system is undefined by the respondent.)
Use another Online Service: No 28 80.00% CompuServe 3 8.57% Delphi 1 2.86% Genie 2 5.71% MSN 1 2.86% Mindspring 1 2.86%
(The Mindspring user is also a CompuServe user.)
Should there be a version of AOL for the Amiga:
Yes 22 62.86%
No 2 5.71%
Don't Care 11 31.43%
Worth it for AOL to make an AOL for Amiga:
Yes 17 48.57%
No 5 14.29%
Don't Know 12 34.29%
No Response 1 2.89%
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This time I will not editorialize. :)
Well, except to say that the response is a bit lower than I expected. There has been less than one response per day, indicating that there may not be as much enthusiasm for this service among Amiga users as these stats indicate.