Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc References: <5tgbru$m2k@proxy5.proxy.ozemail.net> <5tu3ep$3ul$1@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> <34056618.30371694@nntp.ix.netcom.com> From: "Olaf Barthel" Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 09:13:30 +0100 X-NewsReader: IntuiNews 1.3a (7.9.95) Subject: Re: PPC cards Message-ID: <13216814@sourcery.han.de> Lines: 40 Path: 195.95.96.10!news.unisource.be!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!ubnnews.unisource.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news-fra1.dfn.de!news-kar1.dfn.de!newsfeed.nacamar.de!wuff.mayn.de!informatik.tu-muenchen.de!uniol!news.rz.uni-hildesheim.de!baghira.han.de!sourcery.han.de!not-for-mail In Article <34056618.30371694@nntp.ix.netcom.com>, ARAMI wrote: > On 26 Aug 1997 08:17:29 GMT > in article <5tu3ep$3ul$1@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> > gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (George Noel) wrote: > > >In article <5tgbru$m2k@proxy5.proxy.ozemail.net>, > >Colin Ward wrote: > >>robert@allina.com wrote: > >> > >>>Do we have any firm dates for when PPC cards will be available for our > >>>systems? I am contemplating an 060, but think that ppc is where to be. I > >>>have a G-force 030 50 50, and it is just too slow for doing the tasks I want. > >>>(aladdin 4d & IFX). Any info appreciated. > >> > >> Well my dealer assures me that my 604 + '060 will be shipping from > >>Germany next Friday. But then it was supposed to be shipping today, and > >>before that, last Monday. But I think we're getting close! > > > >I think what might be delaying them now is that I suspect that they are > >waiting for ClickBOOM to finish their PPC port of Myst and then bundle it > >with the PowerUP cards. > > > > Do you really think that the above makes sense? > If you were part of the marketing at P5, would you delay a card for > around two years, just to wait for a game bundle??????? > You must be joking. > > The possible reason for the delay IMO, is that they might consider > waiting for an updated OS to have a system wide support for the cards. In that case, they will have to wait just about another year. I guess it's high time somebody comes around and tells the real story, otherwise next minute we are going to see postings connecting the mysterious delays to the Cheops pyramid, recent UFO activity over Washington and (no such list is complete is without the King) sightings of Elvis. -- Home: Olaf Barthel, Brabeckstrasse 35, D-30559 Hannover Net: olsen@sourcery.han.de