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From: peck@ral.rpi.edu (Joseph Peck)
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Subject: Re: NEW Commodore Upgrade for A1000 Owners!
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Date: 14 May 91 14:48:00 GMT
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In article <21521@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
>In article <a-.h94k@rpi.edu> peck@ral.rpi.edu (Joseph Peck) writes:
>>In article <1991May13.172116.1@wombat.newcastle.edu.au> c8927218@wombat.newcastle.edu.au writes:
>>>In article <1991May8.012740.26800@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, sss10@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Homicidal Lunatic) writes:
>
>>>> 10% of his software works with 2.0? he must have only Psygnosis games and some
>>>> really old ones at that. <or perhaps just games in general but SOTB doesnt work
>>>> on a 3000>
>
>>>Who buys a 3000 for games ???
>
>>Well, how about to develop games.... :)
>
>No problem there, since you won't be doing the evil things that break these
>old games, out of necessity.  There's no reason any properly written Amiga
>program should have trouble on the A3000.  Imagine if every game were developed 
>on an A3000 and play tested (for compatibility and speed reasons) on a plain, 
>512K A500.

Close, but I can go one further.  The testing is being done on an A1000. :)
(Actually, I don't have the A3000 yet, that is what I hope to buy with
royalty money from a game that I just finished.  Now all I need is a 
willing publisher.... time to cross my fingers! :)

Oh yeah, I did test it on two A3000's, and everything worked A-OK the
first try..... (Well, except for some sprites dying from overscan....:)

>>>Robert.
>>Joe Peck
>Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests"

Joe again....
peck@ral.rpi.edu