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- From: tl14@bton.ac.uk (Eddie)
- Subject: Re: AmigaOS ? Standard Chips ?
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- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 08:54:24 GMT
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- Pacarana (larrymb@gramercy.ios.com) wrote:
- : >on a 68000. With PPC chips, they are powerful enough to run graphics
- : >themselves!
- : No way.
-
- : >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! :-(
- : Why is it sad? If the hardware is the same, what does it matter what they
- : buy? If the IBM or Apple labale is cheaper and has better U.S. support then
- : why not get it?
-
- Well, if everyone buys Apple/PC clone etc. branded machines to run AmigaOS,
- this will leave AT with not much money. In turn, development suffers.
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- * Tim Lewis (a.k.a Eddie) * "You think I'm crazy! *
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