Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!dino!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!rpi!peck From: peck@ral.rpi.edu (Joseph Peck) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga Competitiveness. Message-ID: Date: 27 Sep 90 19:01:27 GMT References: <31531@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <1080@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au> <27015c2b-2d22.4comp.sys.amiga-1@tronsbox.xei.com> Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY Lines: 17 Here is another opinion on 68000 Amiga's. Why doesn't Commodore start shipping them with a 14Mhz 68000? The processor cost increase is less than $20, and the slight modifications to the motherboard should cost almost nothing. Either a "turbo" button can be added, or have a byte (or nibble or whatever) where the software can set the speed. Set the default at 7Mhz, to keep any existing software with stupid timing loops functional, and add an option to preferences for everone else. This should cause no more incompatibilities than the various motherboard changes introduced, and gives the 500 and 2000 a much better image. I think that this would give the basic line the shot in the arm that it needs to stay competitive. But then again, I am not a Commodore Engineer (at least not yet, but who knows what the future holds....), and don't get to make decisions like this.... Joe Peck Hoards of abuse taken at peck@ral.rpi.edu