home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: pn.itnet.it!not-for-mail
- From: "Stefano Agostinelli" <agos001@pn.itnet.it>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Viscorp Deal and Timing
- Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 14:22:25 +0100
- Organization: ITnet
- Message-ID: <65641431%agos001@pn.itnet.it>
- References: <9604121207.AA008nl@hectortd.demon.co.uk>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: agos001.pn.itnet.it
- X-NewsReader: IntuiNews 1.3 (27.8.95)
-
- Paul Copsey wrote in comp.sys.amiga.misc about "Viscorp Deal and Timing":
- > I can't really say I'm convinced about the suggestion that Viscorp
- > will continue support for current and future developments, the 1200
- > and 4000 should be okay, at least as far as spare parts etc go as
- > Viscorp can probably make a bit selling these, and I suppose it
- > explains the Walker's slightly odd case and the even odder mention of
- > 1MB chip ram (yes, I know it was only a prototype, but it makes some
- > sense now), a set top box doesn't need to run more than one screen
- > and certainly not at a particularly high res.
-
- I quite agree with what you say above.
-
- > I hate to say it, but if this goes through and I'm right about the
- > lack of need for Viscorp to finance development, then it's the end for
- > those of us who wanted a machine which was truely versatile and not
- > completely lumbered by backwards compatibility.
-
- Indeed.What I find interesting is that VIScorp is said to give Escom
- 40M$ for the deal,a vast amount of money imho.Can this be justified
- only by their need of AGA/AmigaOS?Is USA/Europe ready for a so giant
- ITV mass explosion to justify this move?I dunno.
-
- After all AGA is an outdated (while full NTSC/PAL compliant) A/V
- system and so can be used only for basic ITV applications. AmigaOS
- is actually tied to the 680x0 family which is now slow and expensive in
- comparison with other CPU families.
- An AGA/68020 solution would be out of market as soon as others enter
- it (and we're talking about biggies here).
-
- I can only hope VIScorp followed the above train of thoughts,and they
- want the Amiga for the reason we all want to believe in: put the Amiga
- where it deserves,as a valid opponent of Wintel monopoly.
- However I'm afraid every USA corporation sees the IBM/PC-clone as the
- ultimate personal platform...futile to step into a trickier and harder
- path...just follow the mass and let Wintel design the future.
-
- > If I'm wrong (and I hope I am) I'll stick with it, but as far as it
- > looks now, I'm worried that might not be the case.
-
- Agree.Just wait and watch carefully their moves in a few months.
-
- Cheers
- Stefano
-
- +--------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
- | Stefano Agostinelli | Now developing for You ARM : |
- | Physics Dep. - Genoa | the state of art Amiga Role Master System |
- +--------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
- | IRC: arm | WWW: www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/3630 |
- | E-M: agos001@pn.itnet.it | Look at Stefano.html and ARM.html |
- +--------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
-
-