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- From: tl14@bton.ac.uk (Eddie)
- Subject: Re: AmigaOS ? Standard Chips ?
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- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 09:08:08 GMT
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- marc.aussems@tip.nl wrote:
- [snippity snip]
-
- : It's the software that makes the system, get used to that.
- : Making a new GFX set for the Amiga will cost AT a huge amount
- : of money (I think they don't have that) and when it's finished
- : you have an advantage of what? three month?
-
- Yes, it will. A new GFX is probably not the best way to go now. The custom
- chips were originally designed so they could overcome the problem of graphics
- on a 68000. With PPC chips, they are powerful enough to run graphics
- themselves!
-
- : My opinion: the next Amiga must be a CHRP box so I can plug in a CHEAP
- ^^^^ It will be!
- : GFX card in it a fast SCSI controller and use the amiga side for the
- : fun part of computing and OS/2 for my development work. All on one box
-
- Thats the idea!
-
- : How many person do you think will buy a new hardware platform which
- : is incompatible with the rest? I don't mind if AT puts some extra
- : Amiga-only stuff on the board as long as the whole thing is a CHRP
- : board.
-
- Exactly. I think AT will *have* to put something Amiga only in hardware
- though. Why? Because the general public will be less likely to buy one!
- Imagine AT's PowerAmiga against all the other PPCP computers. Even if they
- are the same specs, the general public will buy something with an apple on it,
- or a PC symbol on it. Sad, but true! :-(
- However, have an AmigaBox that has something that none of the other machines
- have, some *decent* marketting and AT could be on the road to a glorious
- future! The 'Walker' design is one example of this. The whole modular idea
- is brilliant. I hope they push it well!
-
- BTW - You're not meant to put a monitor on the top of it - it's a tower
- system!!!
-
- : Greets,
- : Marc
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- * Tim Lewis (a.k.a Eddie) * "You think I'm crazy! *
- * * You wouldn't know what crazy was *
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