Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caen!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!gatech!mcnc!uvaarpa!vger.nsu.edu!manes From: manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: An interesting idea... Message-ID: <1019.283ff4e1@vger.nsu.edu> Date: 26 May 91 21:48:17 GMT References: Lines: 59 In article , Alex_Topic@resbbs.UUCP (Alex Topic) writes: > Yeah we can only hope CBM redesigns the custom chips, although I haven't > been too impressed with CBM lately. I mean they are not doing much in some > areas. Like research and developement, advertisement! And that where the > money is! I have not been real impressed with your performance lately either. What, you say "You don't even know me!". I say, that did not stop you from passing judgement on things you know nothing about. So shape up! Spend more money on books and classes! That is where the _real_ money is! > The only reason I got an Amiga rather than a IBM is because it has > custom chips, which give it power at a cheap price...etc Plus an out of the > box multi-taskin operateing system. And has those things changed? Has any other computer company offered those things at the price Commodore has? > Personally CBM should really try to establish a 1 meg Amiga market! > screw 512k!! hmmm I think 512k fast ram and 512k chip ram is the perfect > way to do stuff. Have all your code in fast ram so its at full speed and the > rest for graphic and audio stuff in chip ram! Now you have a fair amount of > power! Well the 512k chip and 512k fast on a Amiga 500 or A2000 does not improve performance by much. The memory that is between 512k-1 megabyte does not give you the tremendous boost in speed as it does when you expand beyond 1 megabyte. > Anyways I think there is need for improvement with CBM? anyone > disagree? Oh well I guess its tough when everything is practically IBM. hmm Yes, I disagree on the points you made. The improvements that need to be made are mostly with the US Sales company and _not_ the Research and Development folks at Commodore International. Sure, I have a wish list. I also have a certain amount of faith. You don't know what Commodore is currently working on, and neither do I. I do feel that they are heading in the direction that I want to see. So, considering that, I have no complaints. > but surely CBM should be ahead of Apple!....heh which produce lame machines! > Just the boreing CPU with i/o cards system! Which is the worst > micro-computer design! Amiga has the best idea... CPU, custom > chips! And if CBM doesn't do something I hope someone else does...heh They are ahead of Apple. :-) > later.. > > A.t. -mark= +--------+ ================================================== | \/ | Mark D. Manes "The Most lopsided deal since ..." | /\ \/ | manes@vger.nsu.edu | / | (804) 683-2532 "Make up your own mind! - AMIGA" +--------+ ================================================== "I protest Captain! I am not a merry man!" - Lt. Worf