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- From: m95iwp@ecs.ox.ac.uk (Ian W Parkinson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Msg from Carl Sassenrath (VISCorp)
- Date: 21 Apr 1996 11:07:18 GMT
- Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory
- Message-ID: <4ld4t6$lo7@news.ox.ac.uk>
- References: <4krhv6$k7o@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> <4l352v$dre@hyperion.mfltd.co.uk> <4la8tq$ln5@news.ox.ac.uk> <9604201521.AA001dl@overman.demon.co.uk>
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- In article <9604201521.AA001dl@overman.demon.co.uk>,
- Kim F Ong <kimmie@overman.demon.co.uk> wrote:
- >Ian W Parkinson (m95iwp@ecs.ox.ac.uk) wrote:
- >: Has anyone heard anything about whether or not they'll continue to
- >: develop a RISC-based system? Presumably they will, surely they can't
- >: expect to get a decent 'future-proof' set-top box running off a CISC?
-
- >All VIScorp said on the recent press conference in WOA was
- >that the set top box would be based on the 68k chip.
- >This was in response to a question ask from the audience
- >whether the set top box would feature PPC chip set.
-
- Oh well.
-
- >kifo
- >who can't figure out where did all the mindless optimisim comes from...
-
- Probably just from everybody being fed up with the pessimism of the
- past couple of years...
-
- Seriously, good luck to VisCorp. The Amiga has long been screaming to
- handle interactive teley, and personally I think that eventually i-TV
- systems, incorporated into an internet, will replace the home
- computer. IMHO, the ease with which a PAL/NTSC output can be achieved, and
- the genlocking ability, are the last significant benefits the Amiga still has
- over the PC - so it is in these areas we must look for the Amiga to
- take a lead, otherwise we will lose it for good.
-
- Ian
-