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- From: prall968@Armstrong.EDU
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: @$#^@$%# 2.04!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.202533.24284@Armstrong.EDU>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 20:25:33 GMT
- References: <1992Jul24.022407.26450@Armstrong.EDU> <27JUL199212420371@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov> <1992Jul30.060025.10217@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>
- Organization: Armstrong State College, Savannah, GA
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- In article <1992Jul30.060025.10217@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> urjlew@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Rostyk Lewyckyj) writes:
- >Since DOS 2.04 has been officially released, it is certainly desirable
- >to have as many applications, both major and minor, as possible,
- >support and exploit its features. However because there are so many
- >systems which are stuck with older releases of DOS, because 2.04
- >is not available to them, it is counterproductive to AMIGAs image
- >to have the software require 2.04 to even run. Current owners of
- >systems that want to but cannot upgrade become frustrated and feel
- >let down by C= and the program vendors. Prospective machine buyers
- >seeing the situation will be wary of buying a system where
- >they may not be able to upgrade to the next version of the DOS and
- >applications revision.
-
- Yes exactly... I don't want to hear all about this "Well you can buy a
- KWICKSTART Board.." I shouldn't need to.. In fact why should I have to BUY
- the new roms in the first place.. seems if C= wanted to keep happy loyal
- customers they could offer them out as a good dealer..
-
-
- >I place the blame squarely on bad system design and bungled
- >system support by C=. The bad design is in choosing to put such
- >a large portion of the system in ROM, so that upgrading to the
- >next revision of the operating system requires hardware modification
- >in the form of swapping ROMS. This makes upgrades unnecessarily
- >difficult and in some cases practically infeasible. For example
- >upgrading an A1000 to DOS 2.04. Since obtaining and installing
-
- And too many people here on the net are the WHY should C= support the
- sickly spindly ole 1000 types.. WHY? Because some of us cannot upgrade
- to a 2000 or 3000. We have sunk hundred if not thousands into our machines
- and we want to be able to use this machine... Too many have the 'Well I own
- a 2000/3000/2500.. why should I bother' type of mentality and its that type
- that make more and more amiga users drop out.. Here localy I have seen 3
- amiga 500 users drop out and buy clones because of a lack of support locally
- and a general I don't care attitude from C= down to other users...
-
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