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- Path: grafix.xs4all.nl!rdingem
- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 96 00:43:17 GMT+1
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- Subject: Re: The March Amiga?
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- From: rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl (Ruud Dingemans)
- Message-ID: <rdingem.45ih@grafix.xs4all.nl>
- Organization: Grafix Attack BBS Holland
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- In a message of 10 Jan 96 George Noel wrote to All:
-
- GN> to do with it before. THE LEAST the A1200+ will be is reworked
- GN> motherboard, new processor, SIMM sockets and NEW Paula chip supporting
- GN> HD drives and 16 BIT audio with possibility of built in HD drive
- GN> instead of DD. In this short amount of time, they should at least
- GN> have ONE new chip built!
-
- Although I agree with you on the faster CPU, SIMM, (and maybe CD-ROM
- - hm, probably a Q-drive slapped on the side) and reworked
- motherboard parts, I think a new Paula ain't gonna happen.
-
- First, I doubt if they have a chip design team already running. Heck,
- I doubt they've already got an Amiga chip designer (you don't find
- 'em on every street corner...)
-
- Second, a reworked Paula would add to the cost of the 1200+.
-
- Third, Paula is on it's way out for the PowerAmiga generation,
- if it's still to be found in some form, then mainly as an option
- for compatibility reasons - and for that, you don't want a
- heavily reworked chip, which would only be a stop-gap solution for
- a good year or so, 'till the PPC-Amiga arrives.
-
- GN> If any of these improvements are in there, it will be worth it and
- GN> worth upgrading to.
-
- Well, MOST of these improvements will probably be in there :)
-
- An 040 MHz 030 Amiga with cheap SIMM slots ain't such a bad thing, if
- it means the price stays relatively low. And maybe we'll get a few
- things patched in Kickstart 3.x in the process :)
-
- Regards, Ruud
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