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From: cmp9133@sys.uea.ac.uk (A.C. Lock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: A new Amiga needed...and soon!
Message-ID: <1285@sys.uea.ac.uk>
Date: 25 Jun 91 11:08:27 GMT
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seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) writes:


> 
>I sure hope C= has some neat tricks up their sleeve...I've just heard three
>pseudo-rumors that have me worried.  I'm not trying to play -MB- here, but
>I think they're cause for general concern.
> 
>1. The discussions betw-_en IBM and Apple involve the exchange of Apple's
>   software and interface technology for POWER RISC chips.
> 
>2. On October 21st Apple will unveil three new CPUs: an '040 tower, an '040
>   desktop, and an '030 based Classic.  Their new laptops, or palmtops are
>   due in the next couple of months, maybe sooner.
> 
>3. NeXT is accquiring MC88000 family RISC chips for the next generation 
>   of their workstations.

What the high end Amigas need is a turbocharged set of custom chips, which
provide more facilities and operate at more acceptable speeds, to keep up with
their CPUs. 

eg
	Faster blitter
	
	Data compression/decompression hardware

	More display modes(supporting 24 bit colour)
	
	More sound channels, although rumours of a new 12-channel sound 
	chip being developed by CBM, were published in a UK weekly magazine
	(hope it's true)

Once these are installed, there will be no comparison between
high end Macs and Amigas.

>I think it'd be great for an '040 UNIX based tower setup to combat
>Apple...they could even play on the name in their 
>advertising: The Amiga 3000 TUX    now there's a classy sounding machine,
>don't ya think? :)
> 

Perhaps we should call the new mac, the Macintosh II SUX

>Sean
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Regards


Adam Lock