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- From: Johan R=?iso-8859-1?Q?=F6nnblom <JRo0605@ba.ssdn.skellefte.se>?=
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- Subject: Re: TRUE ABOUT VISCORP AND AT
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 16:16:49 -0700
- Organization: Balderskolan Skelleftea
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- Andrei R. Ambartsumian wrote:
- > 1. Viscorp will stop project Walker.
- > 2.Viscorp will build new chipset maybe AAA-based.
- > (" We don`t want if Amiga would be simualar to PC").
- > It was surprised me mor than 1.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. What with PowerAMIGA ?
- > 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.
- > WHO can be so fool in Viscorp to negotiate with Motorola
- > about non exist 68080or diying 68060 ?
- > That was no reply.Ican understand why !!!!!
- > 4. Any way he said ;Viscorp will produce Hi-end Amigas (
- > and f.. set-tops) and AT will produce smth like A1200 not more.
- > But if Motorola will refuse to support 68.... family ?
- > Than he said Viscorp will think about PowerAmiga but
- > they not decided yet.
- > ::::::::((((((((((((( ::::::----------(((((((((((
- > My mood was equal -1000000.
- > I couldn`t sit and i call anoher man who knows Viscorp
- > managers and ask him to find out additional info.Word-by-Word
- > he told me the same story. Additional he said that final
- > decision will be before 24 april presss-conference AT with
- > Viscorp. Thats all .
- > 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.
- > Andrey A. Rafaelovich.
-
- If true, this certainly is bad news. But I don't think we should start =
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- crying yet. Your sources can be wrong, for a number of reasons:
- 1. They may have misunderstood or misinterpreted Viscorps intentions.
- 2. They may have gotten the information from someone on Viscorp who has
- these plans, but who does not make the decisions alone.
- 3. Someone can have lied to them.
- The reason that I'm so sceptical to this information is that rumours like =
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- this always starts to surface under these conditions. Hey, we've heard =
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- things many times worse than this about Escom.
- And even if something of this is true, surely Viscorp (who according to =
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- your sources DOES care about the Amiga) can be persuaded not to do this.
- I mean, they just cannot stop the Walker *now*, when most of the work on =
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- it is already done - for economical reasons if not else.
- And the statement about the 68080 is clearly originating from someone who =
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- doesn't know a thing about the topic.
- The bit about the graphic chip didn't seem all bad to me though, I for =
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- one wouldn't mind a custom chip in the PAmiga which the OS fully =
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- supported(but not required).
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- /Johan R=F6nnblom, Team Amiga
-