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- From: larrymb@gramercy.ios.com (Pacarana)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Viscorp, Amiga, and the future.
- Date: 16 Apr 1996 22:36:34 GMT
- Organization: Internet Online Services
- Message-ID: <921.6680T784T2043@gramercy.ios.com>
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- >: Viscorp did tell me they plan to keep Amiga Tech operational as a
- >: computer building, sales, and development company, just as they're doing
- >: now. Viscorp's interest is having first pick at the Amiga technology and
- >: chipset for their own purposes, i.e. their interactive TV device.
- >: Stupid as it may sound, the important thing is to remain calm.
-
- >Agreed. But since VisCorp is a pretty newborn company I wonder: Do they
- >have the financial muscle to both produce Set-Top boxes AND continue
- >the development of PAmiga.
- Yeah, I don't know.
- Perhaps they could join in with whoever it was (Magnavox?) that just bought
- the M2. They could give them the copper and some other stuff and the
- OS and produce DVD players, set top boxes, video game consoles and PCs in a
- partnership. Hmm you'd have the original Amiga OS team combined with the all
- the surviving members of the original hardware team, plus tons of cash.
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