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From: rjc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell)
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Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future
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Date: 18 Jun 91 02:18:37 GMT
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In article <22516@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
>>A 32-bit chipset wouldn't work on the A500 which is Commodore's bread and 
>>butter of the Amiga line.
>
>A 32 bit Amiga chipset could live on a 16 bit machine just as easily as the
>current 16 bit chipset lives on the 32 bit A3000.  No big deal, technically.

  Let me clarify what I meant. As far as I know, no A500 shipped has
32-bit addressing on the motherboard. Unless I'm totally clueless here,
you can't make a 100% 32-bit chipset that will simply plug&play in
existing A500s. Sure you could always release a 32-bit chipset daughterboard
which has it's own onboard 32-bit chipram, but anything that
drives up the price of A500 significantly isn't going to do so well.
I'm all for a 32-bit chipset, but not in the Amiga500. If C= wants
to do  a 32-bit chipset, they should release it in unison with RTG on
a new "line" of Amiga's. (AmigaII 2000, AmigaII 3000, or simply make
up a fancy lettering scheme."A2000 FX")

BTW, If C= does do a 32-bit chipset, they should add in another
co-processor like a cheap RISC processor or an ARM.

>-- 
>Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests"
>   {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh      PLINK: hazy     BIX: hazy
>	"This is my mistake.  Let me make it good." -R.E.M.


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