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- From: HAAVARD JAKOBSEN <haa_jako@gih.no>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: TRUE ABOUT VISCORP AND AT
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 12:42:55 +0200
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- Andrei R. Ambartsumian wrote:
- >
- > From: ambartsumian@glas.apc.org (Andrei R. Ambartsumian)
- >
-
- big snip.....
-
-
- I wrote to viscorp too... They answered me....
- bdw. I wrote to the chief of Hardware, as futurehardware is my concern..
-
-
- Here is the letter:
-
- >1) Did Viscorp buy AT from Escom or just come to an agreement about
- >some of the technology?
- We have signed a letter on intent to purchase AT from Escom. The
- details are still being negotiated. Watch our web site at
- http://www.vistv.com for announcements in the near future.
-
- >2) Will the PowerAmiga project go on and have a release date in 97?
- A lot depends on deals and partnerships that are still in the works. I
- know this is a bit vague but I ask your patience as we're are moving as
- quickly as we can.
-
- >3) Will Viscorp improve the chipsets and still keep backwards
- >compability
- That is our goal. We aim to use a lot of the existing base of Amiga
- software applications. If we were to change the basic hardware, we
- would lose the use of a lot of software. That would be a mistake.
- Backward compatibility is very important.
-
- >Please post and read the comp.sys.amiga.* newsgroups, there are a
- >1000 people there that wonder and worry ALOT
- We *do* read the newsgroups and we have a good idea what is concerning
- the Amiga community. Thanks for your concern, you'll see some more news
- from us soon.
-
- Cheers,
- Steve
-
- --
- Steve Kreckman (kreck@ix.netcom.com)
- '85 Honda V65 Sabre AMA# 410273
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