| From: | Don Cox |
| Date: | 21 Oct 2000 at 22:54:53 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga announcing silly named things? ;) |
On 05-Mar-92, Philip Meason wrote:
> 1) I don't want windows or linux or QNX. I have an A1200 it works
> just fine, it will continue to work just fine when the new system is
> launched. The Eye-tech solution sounds as expensive as their previous
> releases. I am sure many ppl will find it a delight and will jump at
> the chance, not me. I would like the new DE running in a stand alone
> box
It says you will get that.
Even if you don't believe Merlancia, somebody will pick up on an Amiga
ATX motherboard and build a computer around it.
Dean Brown isn't there for nothing. Read his article in Amiga World. He
is an experienced hardware designer.
> 2) Who's developing hardware? Amiga certainly aren't. They are using
> off the shelf parts so where's the developement? If they can offer
> the DE on the A1200/A4000 eyetech setups then it can be done on a x86
> Athlon.
I expect that will happen too. It might be short of drivers compared to
Win98, so you might have to use a Matrox video card and Soundblaster
Live! sound card. And it will probably run well but not quite as well
as on some cleverly designed motherboard from Dean Brown, tailored to
suit the Amiga. (This paragraph is just guesswork on my part.)
Regards
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