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- From: csmith@terapin.com (Colin Smith)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Commodore, here's a clue
- References: <BxMIsH.I8G@csugrad.cs.vt.edu>
- Message-ID: <csmith.27s6@terapin.com>
- Date: 15 Nov 92 16:14:46 PST
- Organization: BBS
- Lines: 49
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- In article <BxMIsH.I8G@csugrad.cs.vt.edu>, lozinski@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (David
- Lozinski) writes:
- >Why doesn't Commodore release an Amiga 3500?
- >
- >Basically, my idea of it is it having the new AGA chip set along with all of
- >the custom chips in the 3000 excluding Agnus & Denise and without a built in
- >C.P.U.
- >
- >There are several reasons for my view of this:
- >
- >1) If the whole bus is gonna be 32-bit, why not make the hard drive device
- > 32-bits also? (i.e., SCSI) Why not? I sure as heck don't want to buy a
- comput
- >er then have to buy a SCSI board PLUS the amount of data the Hard drive can
- >transfer will be twice as much. (I'd like to quote Tim Taylor {Home
- Improvement}
- > "We want a man's machine. We want more power! {grunt})
- >
- >2) How about putting Amber in an AGA machine? Sure we can create
- non-interlaced
- > screens, but that means I can't use the ones that are interlaced. I
- shouldn't
- >
- > be limited to certain screens because others have a flicker. If I got these
- >extra modes, I want to be able to use them, not watch an annoying flicker!
- >
- >3) Take what chip the C.P.U. is off the front panel. When i'm still using my
- > machine 5 years from now, it'll more than likely have a more advanced
- > C.P.U., and not the 040, 030, or whatever. C'mon guys, you can't make
- > anything like that permanent. I'll give Commodore a pont for thinking of
- > putting the C.P.U. the way they have it. I like that idea.
- >
- >These comments, criticsms, & complaints are of my own view.
- >I encourage comments and reaction, and would like to see some, especially from
- >Commodore (Oh boy!). However, there's no reason to get nasty about it, though.
- >
- >Also, (for Commodore) how about releasing UNIX for the new machines so I can
- >use it here at Virginia Tech?
- >
- >-lozinski@csugrad.cs.vt.edu
- >
- >"If I wanted to listen to an ASSHOLE, I would've farted!"
- well, I heard of An '030' version of the 4000. So far, just a Rumor, but If it
- is true, It might just fit into my budjet! I love your Idea of an A3500. The
- only Advantage of a built in CPU is that when you expand to a faster one, You
- may expierence some compatability probs and you can always fall back to the
- slower cpu. But what Commodore did with the 4000 and it's Cpu was admirible.
- They made it easier to expand to a faster '040' or mabye an '060' when it comes
- out. Thoughts?
-