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From: Sonny.Shrivastava@f555.n161.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Sonny Shrivastava)
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Subject: Re: Amiga 3000 + Amax == Iici?
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Date: 23 Sep 90 10:15:48 GMT
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Here's what I know about the AMAX.  It doesn't support color.  Furthermore, 
it is only limited to 128k ROMs, which severely limits its usability.  If you 
are looking to use the Mac features primarily, but are buying an Amiga 
because of price, don't.  Might as well get a Mac.
 
I would assume, since AMAX totally disables the Amiga and dedicates its 
system resources to running Mac software, I would say it probably performs 
comparably to an accelerated Mac Plus.  I'm not sure that the Amiga disk 
drive can read Mac disks directly - it definitely cannot read/write Mac 
high-density disks.  Also, if you run AMAX on anything less than an A3000, 
you'll get a 640x400 interlaced (i.e., flickering) screen.  Since you're 
dealing with black/white high-contrast images, the flicker will be 
intolerable.
 
Of course, you can't use any Mac hardware add-ons either.  You will also 
need to purchase the Mac ROMs from somewhere.  I heard that these can be 
purchased from Apple dealers, but I've also heard that Apple doesn't want 
those ROMs to be sold.  This tells me that it's questionably whether or not 
you can get your hands on Mac ROMs.

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