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- From: wfblan@netcom.com
- Subject: Re: 4000 vs PowerAmiga
- Message-ID: <wfblanDoBFE9.CoH@netcom.com>
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- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 15:37:21 GMT
- Sender: wfblan@netcom17.netcom.com
-
- Duncan Reed (dreed@palantir.soc.staffs.ac.uk) wrote:
- : Will the only difference between the current 4000T and the powerami
- : be the PowerPC cpu and WB4.0. There seems to be nothing else in the
- : press releases saying about graphics and sound.
-
- : If this is the case I might as well buy a 4000 now and then buy the
- : phase 5 powerpc board and WB4.0. Any other extra that come with the
- : powerami e.g. CD-Rom as standard could easily be added.
-
- : But if the powerami is going to have new sound and graphics it will
- : be silly to get a 4000 now and I might as well weight till next
- : march for the powerami to be launched.
-
- : Comments?
-
- : Duncan
-
-
- If your willing to wait at least a year before getting a new computer, it
- looks like thats what you'll have to do.
-
- The Power Amiga WILL have 16-bit audio, 24-bit Graphics (both Chunky and
- Planar modes) and PCI slots (Zorro IV? That actually support both Zorro
- and PCI).
-
- I plan to get something new long before then myself.
-
- Rob Bamford
- (wfblan@netcom.com)
-