From: davem@starnet.com.au (David Myers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: re: newtek drops amiga
Date: 07 Aug 97 23:07:06
Organization: IPAX Systems
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> 
> 
> jbitt@primenetx.com (John Bittner) -> "NewTek Drops Amiga"
> (03.08.1997)
> > Maybe this is old news but....  
> > 
> > The ads for LightWave 3D 5.5 now appearing list the following
> > supported platforms:  Windows NT or 95, DEC Alpha, PowerMac,
> > SGI, Sun Microsystems. Amiga is conspicuously absent..
> 
> I wouldn`t do a version, too. Currently Amiga is much to slow
> for the money. Hopefully this will change in future.
> I`d be happy to see a version for BeOS...it would at least
> show their interest to support 'small' systems.
> Even PowerMAC is not the OS. Hopefully it slightly sounds
> like PowerPC-Platform...

I heard from a friend who enquired about LightWave 5.5 for the
Amiga. They didn't say "no" they said "not yet"

Regards,
David Myers
NWAUG Secretary