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From: kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future
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Date: 5 Jun 91 08:22:07 GMT
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manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) writes:

>I think that they need to walk a fine line.  If Commodore put a SCSI
>interface on every Amiga computer it surely would hurt the third party
>hardware manufacturers.  We don't need fewer of these folks!
> [and later...]
>It would really sink all of the third party graphic solution developers
>if Commodore adopted one of them.  Pray they don't do this.
>
> [but then says...] 
>I think Commodore needs to continue to press forward in the development of
>device independant graphics.  Then perhaps release a 24 bit graphics solution
>of their own based on this revised system software, or better yet a 
>new set of custom chips.  
> [and]
>Agreed!  There is only one CD-ROM being produced by a third party for the
>Amiga, and it is priced way too high.  I think Commodore needs to release
>an external CD-ROM drive for all Amiga computers with a SCSI.  

<laughing>  Hey, you can't have it all ways ;-).  If CBM brings out new
and really improved video chips, then "poof" go many of the current 3td
party gfx card makers.  And selling a CDROM drive cheaper than the above
mentioned company would drive them out of business.

Sometimes things just have to march onward.  I'd rather see new chips and
standard SCSI on every Amiga, than all the 3td party solutions in the world.

<smile> jest picking atcha - kevin <kdarling@catt.ncsu.edu>