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From: ksh@ely.cl.cam.ac.uk (Kish Shen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Amiga 3000 questions
Message-ID: <1991Jan6.040457.3959@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Date: 6 Jan 91 04:04:57 GMT
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Reply-To: ksh@cl.cam.ac.uk (Kish Shen)
Organization: Computer Lab., University of Cambridge
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Hi!

I am thinking of getting an Amiga 3000 with UNIX. I thought it would be a good
idea to get some feedback from people before I make up my mind.

I have not used an Amiga before, so some of these questions may be a bit basic.

1) How is the Amiga Unix like? Has anyone used this yet? Is it stable?

2) How compatible is the Amiga 3000 with older Amigas? From what I have seen in
this newsgroup, it seems that some games are not runnable, and quite often the
reason is copy protection. For games that run, do they run faster? It is not
always a good idea -- you definitely don't want action games to run faster!

3) I am thinking of getting PC compatibility using the Bridge Card. When the
CBM people came to our department, they claim that a 386 card is under
development
-- does anybody know about this? Are there people besides CBM that are making
PC cards for the Amiga?

How is the existing 286 card like? How compatible is it with "real" PCs? Is the
standard Amiga colour monitor VGA compatible? Do I need a VGA card to get VGA
output? 

Does anybody know if there are any problems with using these cards on
the A3000?


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Thanks for any help!

Kish Shen