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From: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Query Commodore
Message-ID: <457@tardis.Tymnet.COM>
Date: 25 Jul 89 22:31:42 GMT
References: <20364@louie.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
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In article <20364@louie.udel.EDU> OHA101%URIACC.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu (F. Michael Theilig) writes:
>     Commodore is being VERY tight-lipped with 1.4.  Why?  What has been
> announced about it?  Is this because of the 1.3 delay problem?

Many developers don't expect 1.4 to be done until sometime in 1990.
You don't want Commodore to make "vaporware announcements", do you?
More companies get into trouble for making official announcements for
products that they cannot deliver immediately.

>     Also, Commodore hasn't (to my knowledge) released any technical
> specs on the ECS.  Is this because it isn't finished or are they being
> mysterious about that too.

They have released the specs, to registered developers.

> They shouldn't because, after all, it IS available.
                                     ^^^^^
The "S" in "ECS" stands for "set", and one chip does not a set make.  That
is, ECS is NOT available and won't be until the new Denise chip is at the
dealers.
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