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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: The March Amiga?
- Date: 11 Jan 1996 16:30:20 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
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- George Noel (gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) wrote:
- : Its not the A600 all over again.. look who we are talking about.. these
- : guys at AT have some brains in their head and have some sense for
- : marketing a particle machine/technology that they own!
-
- Particle machines, that would be interesting. ;)
-
- : You can bet that either the A1200+ will have a complete new chipset
-
- Nope, they don't make themselves. :) The a1200+/1300 are what AT is going to
- dump in the meantime while we all wait for a PPC amiga. :)
-
- : sockets and a built in CD-ROM drive with faster AGA chips (CMOS) thus
- : faster graphics. This will improve the quality of software to the point
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- CMOS doesn't mean faster graphics all by itself. :)
-
- : with it before. THE LEAST the A1200+ will be is reworked motherboard,
- : new processor, SIMM sockets and NEW Paula chip supporting HD drives and
- : 16 BIT audio with possibility of built in HD drive instead of DD. In
-
- Nope, simm sockets yes, cpu yes (030?), 16 bit audio no, paula unlikely.
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- : this short amount of time, they should at least have ONE new chip built!
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- Heh, don't work that way. :)
-
- : If any of these improvements are in there, it will be worth it and worth
- : upgrading to.
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- Even from an amiga 1000, George. ;)
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- Regards,
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- BM
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