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- From: de351@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (K. C. Lee)
- Subject: Re: The New Ami: a right step!
- Message-ID: <DoB79x.rE@freenet.carleton.ca>
- Sender: de351@freenet2.carleton.ca (K. C. Lee)
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- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 12:41:57 GMT
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-
- Michal L. Rybarski (mryba@MCS.COM) writes:
- >
- > Now, about the topic: I belive that 'Walker' >is< the right step. Sure
- > it is a small step but what would you expect from such a small company
- > and such a big mess CBM left. This 'project' gives AT hands on
-
- Yeap. If they put in some sort of the PC-ish VLB bus for the graphic
- card, I'll buy one. :) Although PCI is the standard these days, but a lot
- of the graphics chip themselve support both PCI and VLB without additional
- logics. Their integration of a PCish super I/O chip is the right step
- too. Finally they have a more affortable machine that's faster than my
- souped-up A1000. It was hard for me to justify buying the A1200 as my A1000
- is 2.5X its speed. :(
-
- > satistics of the manpower and time required to bring PowerPC Amiga on
- > time(By now, they should at least know that preparing for development
- > support requires more time than it was first anticipated ;). Also it is the
-
- Just getting all the paper work done and sourcing parts would take a long
- time.
-
- > BTW, there is a lot of talk on what new Amiga needs but I belive that no one
- > mentioned analog joystick port as a standard. Does nobody play
- > Gunship2000 or FighterDuelPro?
-
- The analog joystick port is standard in every Amiga sold. 2 Ports are in
- my A1000. You'll need an adaptor cable and games that supports it.
-
- > Michal
-
- K. C. Lee
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