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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!hubcap!charlet
- From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV)
- Subject: Re: @$#^@$%# 2.04!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.150010.199@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Organization: Clemson University
- References: <1992Jul24.022407.26450@Armstrong.EDU> <AHANSFOR.92Jul24104956@graywacke.wpi.edu> <1992Jul24.153748.23488@hubcap.clemson.edu> <AHANSFOR.92Jul26000143@planet10.wpi.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:00:10 GMT
- Lines: 51
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- ahansfor@planet10.wpi.edu (Andrew L. Hansford) writes:
-
- >>>>>> On Fri, 24 Jul 1992 15:37:48 GMT, charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV) said:
-
- >charlet> Right now, it's still pretty darned important. I just got
- >charlet> 2.04 a couple of days ago - thanks to me being on a waiting
- >charlet> list for a few months. But what about those who can't
- >charlet> upgrade yet? I think that it's a bit early for "2.0-only"
- >charlet> major applications. PD stuff and little utilities, yes. But
- >charlet> not stuff like WP's.
-
- >charlet> Now new *machines* we need ... I'm not impressed with the
- >charlet> 3000 ... :)
-
- >So you want new machines with software that doesn't use the new
- >capabilities?
-
- My point is that the OS should be availible to people before all major
- apps require it. Right now, 2.04 isn't there for a lot of people who
- *want* to upgrade.
-
- >The time for 2.0 only apps is here. Let the machine progress. 2.0 is
- >available. (Well...) If the 2.0 apps showed up C= may get those ROMS
- >out with more urgency. We should be insisting on 2.04 functionality
- >from the software vendors not 1.3 compatibility. This sort of foot
- >dragging keeps the Amiga behind.
-
- Tell that to all the people waiting on the list at my Amy dealer ... :)
- I think it's probably time for major apps to have extended features under
- 2.0, but not to require them yet ... after all, you point out that the
- low-end US computers still have 1.3, and we don't want people getting
- turned off to using even the low-end Amigas for "serious" stuff.
- (Hey, I own a 500 w/2.04 (finally! :) ) with 5 megs and an HD.)
-
- >Don't worry. Many things should continue to work under 1.3 esp. since
- >the US 500 STILL have 1.3 as do the CDTVs. Hopefully this will
- >change and 2.04 will be the general standard.
-
- I'm sure it will ... but not quite yet.
-
- >-- Andrew Hansford
- > ahansfor@wpi.wpi.edu
-
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