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- From: rand@maui.netwave.net (Rand R. Fredricksen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: AB3D II beats Quake....
- Date: 30 Mar 1996 04:12:05 GMT
- Organization: American Information Systems, Inc.
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- Fabio Bizzetti typed on 22-Mar-96 05:55:45, refering to Re: AB3D II beats Quake....:
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- FB> If enough people want to support me, I propose now, before it's too late,
- FB> to mass-email Amiga Technologies to make them understand how
- FB> short-sighted they're planning the PowerAmiga hardware, and to reconsider
- FB> their policy about it all. A comprimize would be to get PlayStation or,
- FB> better, 3DO-M2 chipset in license, accepting the deny to not produce
- FB> low-end machines (leaving this right only to
- FB> 3DO) but only mid and high end computers, compatible with 3DO-M2 games
- FB> but with also AmigaOS to get the best from the two worlds, for multimedia
- FB> and video applications. It's possible, and many 3DO's designers
- FB> previously created the Amiga, so I believe they wouldn't oppose to this
- FB> joint-venture. Moreover, as far as I know
- FB> 3DO-M2 uses PowerPC too.
- FB> To have a totally new chipset not AGA compatible is fine, but standard
- FB> crap is short-sighting like IBM has been in the past.
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- IMHO, an Amiga isn't an Amiga without Agnus, Paula, Denise, Gary, etc. I guess
- if Escom can get license to put names on the 3DO chips, that would be cool.
- It's a neat idea.
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- FB> Let's make the world hear our voice, the Amiga is ours because *we* have
- FB> supported both hardware and software, not Escom. They want success for
- FB> the PowerAmiga, let's drive it as we think it's the really most wise and
- FB> best way. After all,WE will buy or not the hardware. WE will develop or
- FB> not its software.
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- FB> Escom is only business.
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- Sounds right to me.
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- FB> Hejdσ.
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- Huh? Yea, Hejdσ to you, too.
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- - Rand
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