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- From: tblanchot@vnet.ibm.com (Thierry BLANCHOT)
- Message-ID: <19921222.004228.286@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 09:38:41 FWT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
- Subject: Re: A1200 - the story, two weeks after
- Reply-To: tblanchot@vnet.ibm.com
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- References: <19921204.015716.514@almaden.ibm.com> <4424@sicsun.epfl.ch>
- <Byt27s.DFM@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
- <1992Dec21.181417.2876@newshost.lanl.gov>
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- In <1992Dec21.181417.2876@newshost.lanl.gov> Jeffery S Brown writes:
- > I hope this isn't a dumb question, but ...
- >
- > Will the A1200 be able to run A500 programs and thus retain the investment in
- > A500 software??
- >
- It will run some of the A500 programs, but many games will crash,
- especially the older ones (but some recent games, too). Compatibility
- must be around 60 percent from what I have tested.
-
- > Does anyone know if Commodore is planning an exchange incentive program for the
- > A1200 (like A500 go toward purchase of A1200)??
- >
- I would be very surprised if C= was planning something like this|||
-
- > Will A500 SCSI disk drives and controllers work on a A1200??
- >
- No.
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- * Thierry BLANCHOT tblanchot@vnet.ibm.com A1200 *
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