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- From: besst+@pitt.edu (Brian E Schwadron)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Next generation chips in A4000?
- Keywords: new chipsets, WOC
- Message-ID: <5857@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP>
- Date: 16 Sep 92 01:41:15 GMT
- References: <1992Sep13.194027.9946@vlsi.polymtl.ca> <1992Sep14.201543.16050@cco.caltech.edu> <1992Sep15.071650.12652@marlin.jcu.edu.au>
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- In article <1992Sep15.071650.12652@marlin.jcu.edu.au> cpca@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Colin Adams) writes:
- >In article <1992Sep14.201543.16050@cco.caltech.edu> andrey@cco.caltech.edu (Andre T. Yew) writes:
- >>>I would also like to know if the 4000 will be upgradable to that 'high-end
- >>>chip set' or if it will be part of a brand new machine?
- >> Louis Eggebrecht (the person who made the presentation) seemed
- >>to imply that the A4000 is modular to the extent that you will
- >>be able to upgrade your chipset. Perhaps a Commodore engineer
- >>could comment on the modularity of the A4000 (please)?
- >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.
- >Reasons:
- >
- --- lots of good reasons deleted ---
-
- However, the one big possibility you are missing is RTG. Assuming
- ADos 4.0 is fully retargetable, then you could upgrade your 4000 by
- simply dropping a Zorro III card in.
-
- In fact, if ADos 4.0 is RTG and is compatible with the A3000, then
- us orphaned A3000 owners could also get the AA+ (or whatever) chipset.
- If C= so wished, they could probably make a Zorro II card for A2000s as
- well.
-
- Good luck to C= software people on ADos 4.0. If it is RTG, they have
- a LOT of work to do. And so will Amiga software developers.
-
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- Brian E. Schwadron besst@unix.cis.pitt.edu
- besst@alcoa.com
- "Fear is the beginning of wisdom." -- William T. Sherman
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