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From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Commodore Research and Development.
Keywords: Marc Barrett.
Message-ID: <9793.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz>
Date: 3 Jan 91 22:29:42 GMT
References: <1991Jan3.003449.1@ccvax.iastate.edu>
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Organization: TAP, NZAmigaUG.
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Quoted from <1991Jan3.003449.1@ccvax.iastate.edu> by taab5@ccvax.iastate.edu:
>    CASE 1: THE CMOS CHIPSET AND THE ATARI LYNX

    CBM has to remain backward compatible now. Will a correctly written
    program on the 1000 also work as is on a Lynx?

>    CASE 2: COMMODORE'S PC-CLONE R&D:

> until 386-based systems were widely available.  Finally, Commodore did
> not get their first 386-based systems on the market until 486-based systems

    And lo, CBM has a reputation (here, anyway) for producing reliable
    PClones.

>    CASE 3: THE A2410 "U-LOWELL" VIDEO BOARD:
> have been available for MAC and PC-compatible systems for several years,
> and the A2410 isn't even available yet.

    Are the best Mac and PClone graphics boards made by Apple and IBM?

>    CASE 4: COMMODORE'S CD-ROM TECHNOLOGY:
>    Commodore, to this day, does not have any CD-ROM products available for

    You can hook up various CD-ROMs, WORMs, and optical disks, to an Amiga.
    That is how things should work.

>    CASE 5: HIGH-DENSITY FLOPPY DRIVES:

    Why?

>                                    -MB-
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