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From: ag@amix.commodore.com (Keith Gabryelski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Fading? : Revisited
Message-ID: <303@amix.commodore.com>
Date: 28 Mar 90 01:07:55 GMT
References: <15047@snow-white.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: ag@amix.commodore.com (Keith Gabryelski)
Organization: Commodore Amix Development
Lines: 36

In article <15047@snow-white.udel.EDU>
BARRETT%FOREST.ECIL.IASTATE.EDU@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Marc Barrett) writes:
>Commodore is developing some Amiga-based UNIX systems, but they won't
>really be Amiga systems.  The systems will, most likely, be based on
>the Lowell video card.

Hello, and welcome to another edition of "State Your Claim".  Last
week, Mrs. Mittelschmitt of Dundee claimed to be able to, and I quote,
"Burrow through an elephant".  Well, we all saw what happened to her.

This week, please welcome our new contestant, Keith Gabryelski of, 12
SpeedBump Lane, West Chester.  In his letter, he claims...  Mr.
Gabryelski what is your claim?

"That the Amiga-based UNIX system that Commodore is developing is in
fact an Amiga system, does make good use of the amiga chip set, and is
not based on the University of Lowell video card."

As our audience knows, they are now invited to disprove Mr.
Gabryelski's claim.  And if they succeed, this week's contestant gets
a 16-ton weight dropped on his head.

>From such systems, the Amiga custom chips could be totally removed
>from the systems without affecting the system's marketability as a
>UNIX system.

The fact that one can plug in another video card into the amiga and
have everything magically work without having to use the internal
amiga chip set is a good thing, but, under the current plan, you get
more.  If one decides to use the Lowell Card one will be able to use
it as a console by itself or in addition to the standard amiga monitor
as an extra screen.

Pax, Keith
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ag@amix.commodore.com        Keith Gabryelski          ...!cbmvax!amix!ag