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- From: larrymb@gramercy.ios.com (Pacarana)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Alliance between 3DO and Cirrus
- Date: 1 Apr 1996 22:39:47 GMT
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- >For more info, check www.3do.com (BTW check also the 3DO M2 perf, quite
- >powerful infact).
- >Wouldn't a PPC604 + Amiga OS 4 + 3DO M2 be a dream machine ? For me it would,
- >but I know some people will say it's another PC clone (Fabio B. ? :).
-
- Almost, but you still need to tweak the M2 a bit. I wish that AT didn't just
- trash the Amiga chipset and would at least go out an try to actively sell its
- special features to one of these other chip makers if they can't do a new
- chipset themselves. They should get in on this Cirrus/M2 deal. An
- M2 with higher- res modes and a few other modes, Amiga copper, and at least
- quad 8/16/24 playfields with transparency and an 8bit register mode if it
- doesn't already have it, added in plus PPC plus AmigaOS4 would be awesome. And
- it would be a real Amiga. Remarkably so in fact, considering that it would be
- a combo of Jay Miner's (Father of the Amiga) copper and some other 2D effects
- with RJ Mical/Needle:3D0's (original Amiga design team members) 3D and other
- M2 special stuff and an update of the OS that ended up being choosen to run on
- the Amiga.
- And, yes, I think that Fabio would love such a machine as well (ah,perhaps
- not the CPU, but considering everything else, I imagine it would be more than
- enough to please him).
-
- But if AT just goes out and lets any old mish-mash of crap of any old SVGA
- you want no matter how featureless be combined with PPC plus AmigsOS then
- forget it, I'm gone, I'll never buy an "Amiga" from AT, ever.
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