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From:Don Cox
Date:27 Oct 2000 at 18:09:47
Subject:Re: Amiga Confusion

On 26-Oct-00, Nick Lamburn wrote:

> Then there was the point that OS3.9 looks like OS3.0/3.1 with a few
> hacks, ok I haven't used it, but IT DOES!

Why not? OS3.9 is an upgrade to OS3.0

All it needs is bug fixes, support for new hardware such as big drives,
and a few utilities. All very welcome, but not amazing, just useful.

The AmigaDE is completely different. Nobody outside AmigaInc really
knows much about what it will be like. There is a good chance it will be
impressive. As you say, it won't be much use without programs. I think
they will come, over the next few years.

> All in all, there's a lot of confusion that Amiga needs to clear up,
> and what's this Eyetech AmigaOne 1200s and 4000s or whatever they are?
> Surely we're not going to turn these old and ever ageing A1200s into
> 'AmigaOnes??'.

My A4000 needs a new graphics card, so this could be a good way to get
one. It might also run the existing software a bit faster than it runs
now, if I install a G4 processor. So this is a useful hardware upgrade,
but it depends on there being software to run 68k code reliably on a G4.

Some time, it might also be able to run the AmigaDE.

Regards



Don Cox
doncox@enterprise.net

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