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- Path: FreeNet.Carleton.CA!de351
- From: de351@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (K. C. Lee)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: TRUE ABOUT VISCORP AND AT
- Date: 18 Apr 1996 09:08:59 GMT
- Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
- Sender: de351@freenet6.carleton.ca (K. C. Lee)
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- References: <APC&63'0'3d956181'daa@glas.apc.org>
- Reply-To: de351@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (K. C. Lee)
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- Andrei R. Ambartsumian (ambartsumian@glas.apc.org) writes:
- > So what did i investigate. It can be sensation-like
- > story.Here it is.
-
- > 1. Viscorp will stop project Walker.
-
- Even if your sources are making up stories, there are a few things that
- Viscorp should clear up ASAP. They only say they are supporting A1200,
- A4000 and Power PC projects. Nothing was explicit said about the Walker.
- IMHO the Walker is the right step to better Amigas. I might even buy one
- in motherboard form as soon as it comes out. IF all else fail, I would
- get myself a Be Box. The direction they are heading makes a lot more sense.
-
- > 2.Viscorp will build new chipset maybe AAA-based.
-
- It sort of make sense as their market is towards set top boxes. There are a
- few things that they probably want out of this deal with Escom.
-
- a) Secure and control all the patents they needed to make their product.
-
- This is only part why I can see the reason for $40 millions dollars
- figure. They can kill off others that might need some of these patents.
-
- b) Secure the OS and chipset.
-
- As AT is moving towards using standard SVGA (IMHO is better), there
- are no reasons (engineering & economic) to improve the chipset for the
- computer market. Products like the DRACO and numerous 3rd party graphics
- boards out there show that it can be done and work great.
-
- >Hey what willbe with AGA?
- > (because of AAA uncomputibility) i asked )
-
- > The answer was strange he said that they will collect all
- > AGA in one chip.
-
- That sound great if they want to make a $500 set top box. Not too useful
- if you want to make a computer these days.
-
- > 3. POWERAMIGA IS UNDER CONSIDIRATION. Viscorp will negotiate
- > with Motorola about 68060 and maybe future generation like
- > 68080.I was so surprised and i asced another one question.
-
- Wouldn't it make a lot more sense to switch to those CPU-32 cores if they
- are building set top boxes. The standard CPU line needs a lot of other
- things to make it work.
-
- > I can`t prove this facts because of some reason (private
- > conversation like). All i want is to tell you the truth
- > about Viscorp and AT.
-
- No one can until they make some real press releases. At least you and
- others have bought out these questions to ask before that happens. I hope
- someone at Viscorp would serious address them.
-
- > Andrey A. Rafaelovich.
-
- K. C. Lee
-