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From: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block)
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Subject: Re: AmaxIII
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Date: 6 Mar 91 10:17:23 GMT
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From article <1991Mar06.043427.8823@ariel.unm.edu>, by nwickham@triton.unm.edu (Neal C. Wickham):


>support color and the new Mac system 7 operating system.  They are also
> writing thier own roms so that Amax users will not have to buy Mac roms which
> Apple has (suspiciously) restricted the sale of.
>

I think that the only way that one could make roms that work would be to
reverse-engineer them, and that would be a no-no.  And I can see certain color
modes, like maybe 4 bit mode.  But definitely NOT 8 bit.  Unless, of course,
they add support for a real-time 24bit graphics card, or put out their own...
 
> Could anyone verify the above claims or has anyone heard the same rumors?

Nope, haven't heard 'em.

ANOTHER thing I would like to know.  What the hell ever happened to AmaxIIplus?
Disk drive support, sound support, serial and paralell ports.... I'd die for it
if it were out.  Now what's holding 'em up?  It was due quite a few months ago.
They even pictured it in the ads in AmigaWorld, I believe...

Also, what speed increases are there when using a 3000/25 mhz system with AMAX?
Numbers, please, I'd like to know percent increases compared to a stock plus.
And it wouldn't be bad if you could compare it to a IIcx/ci/fx.
						Greg
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