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- From: gi@gj-cent.demon.co.uk (Gi)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: TRUE ABOUT VISCORP AND AT
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 15:04:25 GMT
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- Andrei R. Ambartsumian wrote in <APC&63'0'14ed5c67'dac@glas.apc.org> on 17-
- Apr-96 22:54:44 :
- >From: ambartsumian@glas.apc.org (Andrei R. Ambartsumian)
-
- >1. Viscorp will stop project Walker.
-
- I'm not keen on it anyway, underpowered, too unconventional, bad value
- compared with the A4000 desktop that was sold by CBM.
-
- >2.Viscorp will build new chipset maybe AAA-based.
- >(" We don`t want if Amiga would be simualar to PC").
- >It was surprised me mor than 1.Hey what willbe with AGA?
- >(because of AAA uncomputibility) i asked )
- >The answer was strange he said that they will collect all
- >AGA in one chip. What with PowerAMIGA ?
-
- AAA or a modern equivelent will cost mega bucks to develop.
-
- >3. POWERAMIGA IS UNDER CONSIDIRATION. Viscorp will negotiate
- >with Motorola about 68060 and maybe future generation like
- >68080.I was so surprised and i asced another one question.
- >WHO can be so fool in Viscorp to negotiate with Motorola
- >about non exist 68080or diying 68060 ?
- >That was no reply.Ican understand why !!!!!
-
- Since the future of the Amiga depends on the release of the Power Amiga I hope
- they bloody hurry up and release it, why bother buying an Amiga with AAA and
- '060 when a CV64 and Cyberstorm will probably kick it's ass.
- A lot of developers will abandon the Amiga if the CPU power doesn't increase
- soon. CISC chips are dead anyway, they'll have to convert to PPC eventually
- anyway, so why not release the new chipset with PPC at the same time. They
- could even build in some sort of fast emulation of 68000 series into the
- chips.
-
- >4. Any way he said ;Viscorp will produce Hi-end Amigas (
- >and f.. set-tops) and AT will produce smth like A1200 not more.
- >But if Motorola will refuse to support 68.... family ?
- >Than he said Viscorp will think about PowerAmiga but
- >they not decided yet.
-
- It seems that if VIScorp produce the high end machines they will be very
- expensive and the AT ones would be very cheap but low spec.
- It's almost like ESCOM using their name for the cheapo PC's and Commodore for
- the High spec Pentiums,
-
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