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- From: sl1zm@cc.usu.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Amiga.FST
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.130410.57618@cc.usu.edu>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 13:04:10 MDT
- References: <1992Jul24.155808.14673@edsi.plexus.COM> <1992Jul27.205717.8044@utstat.uucp> <1992Jul28.222649.57595@cc.usu.edu> <1992Jul29.064235.12197@utstat.uucp>
- Organization: Utah State University
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- >>Emplant is a Mac emulator that claims it will emulate a color Mac. It should
- >>be shipping in the next 2 weeks.
- > Make up your mind. First you say AmaxII+ and now it's Jim Drew's Emplant.
-
- I didn't make the post about Amax. I've used the latest version... I know it
- isn't color.
-
- > Emplant would indeed be a very impressive product, probably worth getting
- > an Amiga for if Jim's description of it holds water. I don't want to say
- > anything against it, but as you very well know it is still vapourware. No
- > reviews, no reports by people who have tested even a prototype. All we have
- > is UU's word.
-
- Well, in this case I think I'll take his word for it... some of the first
- rumors about the emplant were started by a beta tester.
-
- >>>>Remember, Amiga is going to release a new computer within a ye
- [snip...]
-
- >>> 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)
- >
- > Well they still sell both the A500 and the A2000 where I work. There are all
- > kinds of rumours re higher end Amiga's. What we have seen so far are consumer
- > products like the A600, CDTV, etc...[ which I happen to like.].
-
- Well, that *is* the largest market... especially in Europe. Last year they
- sold more C64s than they had ever sold in a year. I think they want to turn
- some of those sales into Amiga sales.
- That doesn't mean faster machines aren't on the way or upgrades to the OS.
- At least one version of 2.1 was making the rounds with pirates.
-
- >Philip McDunnough
- > philip@utstat.toronto.edu
-
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