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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A3000's Shipping!
Message-ID: <13058@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 5 Jul 90 17:05:54 GMT
References: <719.2691DC21@weyr.FIDONET.ORG>
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <719.2691DC21@weyr.FIDONET.ORG> Randy.Coghill@f70.n140.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Randy Coghill) writes:
>Dave, do you know if there is any chance of Commodore leaving 1.3
>backwards compatibility in the 3000?

Other than via an MMU toy like SetCPU, you won't always be able to run 1.3
on the 3000 as you can now.

>This feature is an excellent one, especially considering the fact that
>it is going to take a while for some software to become 2.0/68030
>compatible if they will be at all!

The "while" for software to become 68020/30 compatible has passed.  We 
shipped 68020 systems almost two years ago.  Most of the guidelines for 680x0 
compatibility have been in place since the beginning of Amiga-time, and I did
a complete analysis of this at the Washington DC DevCon in the spring of '88.

As for 2.0 compatibility, the reason to keep 1.3 around is to give everyone
a chance to fix their bugs.  Both Amiga programmers, who'll fix any 2.0 bugs
they find, and applications programmers, who should fix their 1.3 bugs that
break under 2.0.  Once 2.0 is ROMed, there will be no need to support 1.3
anymore.  Good companies will have released bug fixes to their software where
necessary, and not-so-good companies will be telling you the kind of support
you'll get from them in the future.  

>While I agree that manufactuers have had ample opportunity to upgrade
>their software there are many that won't.
>
>Randy
>
>
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