Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven!decuac!shlump.nac.dec.com!pa.dec.com!bacchus!mwm From: mwm@raven.relay.pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Time for a new computer Message-ID: Date: 20 Dec 90 19:13:11 GMT References: <39588@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Sender: news@pa.dec.com (News) Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 25 In-Reply-To: Andy Patrizio's message of 19 Dec 90 19:22:07 GMT In article <39588@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Andy Patrizio writes: (Mounting SoapBox v1.2...) Ah - he's running obsolete software! No wonder.... My point is this: if Commodore does create a new mid-line box, it should retain some downward compatibility. One reason I'm reluctant to buy an A3000 is that it only has a 68030 on board, and even if running ADos 1.3 there will still be problems (besides, can you imagine Blood Money at 25 mhz???) (Mounting SoapBox v2.04...) CBM has worked very hard to maintain downwards compatability. I've had only minor zero problems with my 3000, under 2.0 or 1.3. In almost every case where something breaks, the _program_ is broken, not the 3000 or 2.0. In those cases where it was 2.0 (it's never been the 3000), CBM has done something about fixing it. Correctly written programs do work on the 3000 under 1.3. The vast majority of them work under 2.0. Anything that ignores the guidelines that CBM has published isn't correctly written.