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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future
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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1991 20:11:05 GMT

In article <1991Jun4.003619.3661@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
>
>   Time for a reality check.  For 95% of the people in the Amiga community,
>the Toaster is totally useless.  The Toaster is not going to save the
>Amiga, because it is a product intended for a very limited purpose.  Few
>Amiga owners have any need whatsoever for a special-effects box, and the
>flickering display makes the Toaster unsuitable for other applications.
>
	Nope, not time for a reality check, at least not just
yet. True, most Amiga owners will just glare at the Toaster at
expos. The point is not how many Amiga users will want it, but
how many NON-Amiga users will want it. If it can bring in 50,000
new people this year, ...

>   The ECS isn't going to do much for the Amiga, either, because it was
>obsolete before it even went into production.  The ECS is also 98% 
>identical to the very oldest Amiga chipset.  
>   
	The main thing is Productivity mode, but since the price
of flicker fixers have dropped so dramatically it doesn't seem so
important. However it will be free 640x400 non interlaced.

	-- Ethan

Now the world has gone to bed,		Now I lay me down to sleep,
Darkness won't engulf my head,		Try to count electric sheep,
I can see by infrared,			Sweet dream wishes you can keep,
How I hate the night.			How I hate the night.   -- Marvin