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- From: ecarroll@maths.tcd.ie (Eddy Carroll)
- Subject: Re: Next generation chips in A4000?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.111224.3274@maths.tcd.ie>
- Keywords: new chipsets, WOC
- Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
- References: <1992Sep13.194027.9946@vlsi.polymtl.ca> <1992Sep14.201543.16050@cco.caltech.edu> <1992Sep15.071650.12652@marlin.jcu.edu.au>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 11:12:24 GMT
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- cpca@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Colin Adams) writes:
- >You probably won't get any reply from C= if you can't; they won't
- >want to hurt possible sales. Looking at the provisional specs. for
- >the next "high-end" chipset, IMHO there is next to no chance
- >you could put it in the A4000.
- >[ Perfectly valid reasons deleted ]
-
- There is _one_ possibility. By the time this chipset appears, Kickstart 4.0
- with RTG should also be ready. This would make it possible to put the chipset
- onto a Zorro III card just like any other graphics expansion board, and allow
- conforming programs to use it. A3000 owners could benefit too.
-
- >The fact that another incompatible high-end machine may appear
- >later should not stop people buying an A4000. You either want
- >it, or you don't. Almost any computer you can buy today won't be
- >on the cutting-edge of technology in a year or so.
-
- At least with the Amiga, we have the satisfaction of knowing we'll be on
- the cutting edge of _Amiga_ technology for quite some time :-)
-
- Eddy
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