| From: | Andy Wanless |
| Date: | 22 Oct 2000 at 01:18:52 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga announcing silly named things? ;) |
On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Steve Hodson wrote:
> > Not if you use existing hardware, ie. x86 or POP. Or even better get a major
> > harware company to produce it for you.
>
> That option is there already....you can buy a x86 machine with the recommended
> spec at it`ll work...that`s the point of it I guess. You can buy *any* PC now
> and run the DE hosted on linux....the final OS will run on a limited hardware
> subset natively.
>
> I really don`t see your point as the x86 solution is already a given.
Is it? It's currently the only option for the SDK, sure. The only options
we've been given so far for the completed user "DE" (I hate that ;) is a
PPC bolted on to exisiting Amigas early next year, and a standalone PPC
option 6 months later.
What I really want to know is will we get a version that runs on a
"normal" PC, and when? Ignoring the typos introduced by the picture
courtesy of AMD being too far to the left, Mr Korn's ranting on page 10 of
AA13 should hopefully persuade people that an x86 solution is a good thing
afterall.
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