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- From: jamesm@turtle.apana.org.au (James McArthur)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: GREAT NEWS!!!!!
- Date: 14 Jan 1996 20:38:00 +0930
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- George Noel (gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) wrote:
- : In article <4d8oqp$tp4@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>,
- : Byron Montgomerie <bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> wrote:
- : >Andrea Morolli (morolli@cs.unibo.it) wrote:
- : >
- : >: In an exclusive interview released to the Italian magazine TGM,
- : >: Mr. Tamoni (sales manager of Giunti multimedia the Italian distributor
- : >: of the Amiga) has revealed that the new Amiga 1200 that we will
- : >: see in this year will not be equipped with a 68030 but with a
- : >: 68040 :))))))) and will be called 1200/040!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- : >
- : >: Sadly he didn't tell any other information about the price and what
- : >: kind of 040 (EC, LC or full) will be included. But I think it is
- : >: a GREAT news.
- : >
- : >Hmmm, if true they must have revamped the power supply and solved the
- : >overheating problem. Interesting. Hopefully equiped means on the motherboard
- : >and not a belly card.
- : >
-
- : It was my understanding that the A1200+ was just a reorganizing of the
- : A1200 motherboard and that the 68040 was not pin for pin compatible with
- : the processor slot on the motherboard of the current A1200. The current
- : A1200 motherboard can use 68030 variations but would need more power and
- : a different pinout to use the 68040. On the other hand if they indeed
- : did change the motherboard enough to use a 68040, wouldn't that also mean
- : you could use a 68060 or would there be space limitations?
-
- : Maybe the poster misinterpreted the Italian guy in that he meant the new
- : A1200 would be 40 MHz and not 68040 based. The lowest denomanator 68k
- : machine sold nowadays is the MAC with a 68040 and that might even soon be
- : changing. Maybe the software developers and AT realized they needed the
- : '040 to keep up slightly with todays technolgy and they changed their
- : design but how would this affect price? Maybe they pulled the $3500
- : A4000t trick again just the opposite.. getting everyone to expect an '030
- : and having complaints it is not enough and then reveal it has an '040 and
- : make it look very good in everyones eyes! I highly doubt this though and
- : would say it is still the 68EC030 at 40 MHz.
-
- Either way, it means that the market lowend becomes higher then my
- Amiga's lowend :-(
-
- Looks like I'll have to PowerUp :-)
-
- : I am stuck in a terrible waiting position..
-
- : I want to get a low end AGA Amiga and could either A) Buy a used one B)
- : buy the new A1200 bundle when it comes here or C) wait for the A1200+
- : with option A) I would have a lot of upgrading to do but I would keep
- : compatibility and not have to worry about older games not working on the
- : newer drives or B) get the newer A1200 and risk the drive problem and
- : having to wait for new games/apps to be released which do not break or C)
- : Wait for the all in one package improvement but again risk compatibility
- : problems. I know I for one would like to be able to use the wealth of
- : A1200 software already out there and not have it all gone to waste
- : because of a stupid disk drive spinning .5 times faster then older
- : drives. Is there not a way to fix this via hardware since it cannot be
- : fixed via the OS?
-
- There is a hack on Aminet, in hard/hack/ that supposedly fixes the drive
- problem on new A1200's. I havent tried it, or even d/l'd it, but it was
- on the "todays uploads" that I get sent every day..
-
- : -=*George*=-
-
- : P.S. I am seriously considering getting a used A1200 here in North
- : America with a 030/50 MHz accelarator and then pick up the Q Drive when
- : it becomes available and upgrade any chips as they become available if
- : they can be. This would mean no new support on my end for Amiga
- : Technologies but it would save me compatibility issues. Now if they put
- : an 040 in the new A1200+ then that would pose another problem as new
- : software would require it and I wouldn't be able to put it in the old
- : A1200 so either way it looks like a lot of people might lose with this
- : "plus" upgrade with all the software they already have or could possibly
- : own. When I heard talks of Escom being known for putting lesser known
- : name brand parts in their computers thus making them not fully
- : functional/compatible, I didn't think it would continue with Amiga
- : Technologies!
-
- An 040 for the new low-end Amiga would be great! So its not quite as a
- compatible with the older Amiga stuff - what would we really be losing? A
- couple of badly written games? A few apps?
-
- And an A1200/040 should function the same as an A1200 + 040 board; after
- all, the OS is still the same :-)
-
- How much would people be willing to pay for such a machine?? Would $699
- US be too much (or too cheap??) Or about $1750 AUS.
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