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- From: sl1zm@cc.usu.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Amiga.FST
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.222649.57595@cc.usu.edu>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 22:26:49 MDT
- References: <92203.154356KCR103@psuvm.psu.edu> <1992Jul24.155808.14673@edsi.plexus.COM> <1992Jul27.205717.8044@utstat.uucp>
- Organization: Utah State University
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- >>
- >>Forgetting AMAX II+? The Color MAC under system 7 emulator? It can be
- >>had on software or hardware depending on whether 2-3 Mhz lost to
- >>putting the code into ram as opposed to using rom on a card.
- >>The best thing is that an Amiga 3000@33mhz with Amax II+ hardware is as
- >>fast a mac as a Quadra 950, and when an Amiga (can be both computers
- >>simultaneously) will blow the socks off of a 950. Did I bother to
- >>mention that such an Amiga with Unix in ROM costs about $3900?
- >>Just a little less than a Quadra 950 with AU/X... hehe
- >
- > AMAX II+ does not run colour. It uses the 128k Mac+ ROM's. It takes over the
- > computer completely(i.e. you can't multitask Mac and Amiga programs
- > together. You are probably thinking of the "vapourware" Emplant product.
- > There is no such thing as an Amiga with Unix in ROM. The only computer
- > that had that was the HP Integral many years ago.
- >>
-
- Emplant is a Mac emulator that claims it will emulate a color Mac. It should
- be shipping in the next 2 weeks.
-
- >>Remember, Amiga is going to release a new computer within a year.
- >>That means that the price of a 3000 should go down.
- >>I need an AMIGA, but for now I stick with my GS at 9mhz/16cache and run
- >>GNO.
- >
- > I would suggest you get your facts straight before making any decisions at
- > all w.r.t. computer purchasing.
-
- The 500 is being retired and replaced, as is the 2000.
- A new high end machine is also in the works.
- If you don't think so I can show you programs that activate the new graphics
- modes. (not that it will do you any good)
-
- >
- > Philip McDunnough
- > nextwave!seacove!philip@epas.utoronto.ca
- >
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