NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/sys/amiga/programm/17734

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From: [e-mail] (Paul Trauth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Big mistake - A compromise (of sorts)
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Date: 23 Dec 92 00:37:47 CST
Organization: The Amiga GateWay BBS * New Orleans, La.
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In a message dated Sun 20 Dec 92 15:19, [e-mail] (
wrote:

 CC> CBM has said they are working on two new chip sets/architectures. One
 CC> is low
 CC> end and one is high end. OK, so deliberately make the two sets as
 CC> incompatible
 CC> as possible! Then, release the full specs on the low-end
 CC> architecture, but
 CC> not for the high-end one. The hacker/demo folks can then hack away on
 CC> the
 CC> low-end systems, and their stuff will be shared with and appreciated
 CC> by all
 CC> the folks with such systems. Folks like me who want a very stable
 CC> system for
 CC> software development will likely have a high-end system anyway (I'm
 CC> typing
 CC> this on my A3000/25). If the two architectures are quite different,
 CC> there is
 CC> much less chance of any hackers developing something for the high-end
 CC> systems,
 CC> which appears to be one of the main concerns about releasing hardware
 CC> specs.
 CC> Things like big role-playing games, which can make good use of extra
 CC> memory
 CC> and hard disks, don't really need hardware access, and should run
 CC> just fine
 CC> on the high-end machines by going through the OS for everything.

 CC> Folks with lots of money will buy one of each, and will have a stable
 CC> system
 CC> on which to run BBS's, develop software, run WP's, spreadsheets, etc.
 CC> and
 CC> will have a possibly highly unstable (boot all the time) system on
 CC> which to
 CC> run arcade games, demos, mods, etc.

 CC> Aside from it not solving the problem for AGA, anyone see problems
 CC> with this?

Yes. I covet the HIGH-end system. I use my Amiga mostly for pure
entertainment purposes - demos, games, art, programming, music. And I want
the high-end system for the wonderful graphics capabilities it has!
Folks with lots of money can just bloody well keep their existing Amiga and
buy another one, then turn the old one into a UUCP node, debugging
terminal, etc, for those things that you don't want to take down for a game
that wants the whole system. Me, i can live with one machine. Probably
wouldn't be able to afford not to.

Actually, i have a feeling that a lot of the people on the "I want a CPU
and the chips, no system" side -MAY- change their mind once they see the
thing in action. I'm trying my best to not form an opinion on it until
AFTER i've actually seen one in action, to judge the speed for myself...

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