Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!es1 From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Editorial comment: Why isn't Dave Haynie designing Bridgeboards? Keywords: Dave Haynie, Bridgeboard, 80386, C= Germany Message-ID: <1990Aug26.150957.19402@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 26 Aug 90 15:09:57 GMT References: <25204@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Sender: news@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Daily News) Reply-To: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Distribution: na Organization: Columbia University Lines: 26 In article <25204@boulder.Colorado.EDU> hunt@snoopy.Colorado.EDU (HUNT LEE CAMERON) writes: >This is just sort of a gripe, but I just *had* to say it: why isn't >Dave Haynie responsible for the Brideboards? > >From what I've seen on the topic of 80386 Brideboards, Dave seems to >really know about the 80386 architecture. He also was the lead >designer of the A2630 and of the famed Amiga 3000 and its CPU expansion >slot (read: 68040 expansion slot). Furthermore, He is both a hardware guru >and an experienced programmer (as well as a nice guy) -- important traits >for this inharently (?sp) hardware and software intensive project. > What would you rather see Mr. Guru work on: The A3640 (68040 board) or the BB. Personally, I'd much rather him make the Amiga better, not the IBM. > >--Lee >"Nothing is more disorginized than Calvinball!" -- Calvin & Hobbes >hunt@spot.colorado.edu ...!ncar!boulder!spot!hunt -- Ethan Ethan Solomita: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu *Iraq += *Kuwait NumCountries--