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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: SoftPC for the Amiga 3000
Message-ID: <396@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 10 Sep 90 09:03:37 GMT
References: <2178@bambam.UUCP> <117@faatcrl.UUCP> <382@cbmger.UUCP> <124@faatcrl.UUCP> <388@cbmger.UUCP> <127@faatcrl.UUCP>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
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In article <127@faatcrl.UUCP> jimb@faatcrl.UUCP (Jim Burwell) writes:
> I still want SoftPC!  I can live with using Zorro III cards and the
>Amiga side of things with SoftPC. ;-)  
>Seriously, if it were reasonable cheap, I think SoftPC might cause a lot 
>of people to reconsider purchasing PC compatibility on the Amiga.  There are 

Well, one reason why we (in Germany) stopped Transformer was cost.
For such a software on the Amiga you need to adapt at least some
of the MS-DOS software, say the keyboard driver. So we decided to
sell the Transformer only with the complete (and adapted) MS-DOS system.
And what happened? The cost advantage was gone! It cost the enduser
about 150 to 200 Dollar (300 DM) the whole package! You must consider
all the parts, package, DOS license fee, it really amounts to that
value.

The other way would have been to sell the Transformer without the
MS-DOS and tell people to buy it in any shop. (I think it was done
in US this way.) But this way you run into several risks that people
buy (or steal?) MS-DOS versions that don't go well with your software.

All I wanted to say is, don't think it would be SOOO cheap.

-- 
Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to   \\ Only my personal opinions... 
Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet!pyramid!rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk