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From: helz@ec.ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman)
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Subject: Re: A3500 ??
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Date: 16 Jan 91 20:30:11 GMT
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In article <665@tronsbox.xei.com> tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (Kenneth Jamieson) writes:
>
>	Ok... on to the rumors...
>
>	I have heard that (from the rumors guy at our users group)
>	(Actually, they are such logical changes that they should be
>	true)
>
>	1) The A3500 will be a tower case with 6-8 slots.
>	2) The A3500 will be sized to fit a Toaster.

I would be satisfied with a bigger desktop case with more
slots and also a keyboard garage!  	

>	My WISH LIST would start as follows...
>
>	1) Commodore to embrace C++ as the new standard in the way
>	   they did with C.

Yes yes YES!  C++ -- try it, you'll like it.  Did you see the BYTE
article about the object-oriented nature of the operating system?
They are already halfway there, just go the extra mile.

>	2) The better video modes.

What about new hardware in the custom chips to support 3D graphics,
shading, etc., like an Iris Workstation?  

>	3) A standard >3< button mouse.
clap clap clap
> 
>
>	Hehehe -- have fun!
	
This is fun.  I'd like to toss in a few of my extra goodies--digital
sound sampled at 44khz and support for display postscript.  (Yes, I
like the NeXT computer too.)