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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: VIScorp will continue PPC project - READ!
- Date: 18 Apr 1996 16:56:10 GMT
- Organization: St. John's, NFLD, Canada
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- Thomas Karlsen (sledge@aristotle.algonet.se) wrote:
- : ---------------------LETTER----------------------------------------
-
- : From kreck@ix.netcom.com Sun Apr 14 14:13 MET 1996
- : From: kreck@ix.netcom.com (Steve Kreckman )
- : Subject: Re: Future of the Amiga
- : To: Thomas Karlsen <sledge@algonet.se>
-
- : You wrote:
-
- : >Does that mean that you are not sure if you will continue the research of
- : >what Amiga Technologies have done so far? What will happen to the Walker
- : >then? And alot of Amiga owners are really hoping to see the Power Amigas
- : >as Amiga Technologies have promised us in Mars 1997. People will go mad if
- : >you scratch that project.
-
- : We have no plans for scrapping any projects in the works. We're not out to
- : radically alter or gut Amiga Technologies. We need to keep our developer
- : happy and thriving, not piss them off.
-
- Good news there, if official and not subject to change later on. Although
- it does seem mutually exclusive to what he says further along. Putting all
- this in a time frame context would help.
-
- : >> Our primary purpose for wanting to aquire the technology is to support
- : >> it properly, improve the chipsets, and apply the technology in new
- : >> markets.
-
- : >Yes, that sounds good. But once again, I really hope you will adopt those
- : >improvements to the computer range of the Amiga aswell and not just the
- : >ITV devices.
-
- : Any improvements to the chipsets that we make can and will be applied to all
- : the product line. We want to keep the Amiga architecture intact, not take it
-
- Bad news here, sounds like we will be getting some AGA+ amigas that will
- cost a fortune. All we need is more expensive junk so we can be left behind
- even further in the computer game. Yet they will not muck with AT so they
- say, that seems like a conflict here. Something nice and clear stating
- exactly what their plans are would be nice.
-
- : in a radically new direction. If we change the architecture, we break a lot
- : of existing software and that's like shooting ourselves in the foot. We will
- : grow the computer side of the business along with our own set top boxes.
-
- Bad news here again, tieing the computer line to the set top box line will
- limit the computer line to set top box level standards.
-
- : Look for announcements in the very near future on our web site at
- : http://www.vistv.com
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
-
-