Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!nike!ucbcad!ucbvax!jade!eris!mwm From: mwm@eris.berkeley.edu (Mike Meyer) Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga Subject: Re: Sasquatch Print Message-ID: <1249@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Wed, 10-Sep-86 08:43:31 EDT Article-I.D.: jade.1249 Posted: Wed Sep 10 08:43:31 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Sep-86 08:51:50 EDT References: <225@plx.UUCP> <326@sivax.UUCP> <697@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> <239@plx.UUCP> <1060@hoptoad.uucp> <241@plx.UUCP> Sender: usenet@jade.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: mwm@eris.UUCP (Mike Meyer) Distribution: net Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 39 In article <241@plx.UUCP> ed@plx.UUCP (Ed Chaban) writes: >The point I'm trying to make is that rather than take an elegant approach >to the Amiga 1000 problem, CBM/AMIGA is turning the A1000 into a >Hardware Kludge with connectors and cables all over the place!! But only if you want to make your Amiga act like an IBM PC. In which case, all you're getting is what you're asking for (and what you deserve). BTW, I'm assuming that when you say "the Amiga 1000 problem," you're referring to the Amiga's inability to run eighty-eightysux code. That's not a problem, that's a FEATURE! >Furthermore, the announcement of the A2000 or A2500 or whatever makes >me suspicious as to just what the product life cycle of the A1000 is. >the "New Amiga" is supposed to have a 68010 in it. Will the A1000 be fully >software compatable with this unit? I doubt it. Sure the 68010 includes >the 68000 instruction set but it also has a few instructions that are not >in the 68000. I'm almost sure that software developers will want to >develop software that runs well on this new "Business Amiga". Not true. The extra instructions on the 68010 are there to deal with the VM support the chip has. Code compatability from the 68010 to the 68000 is almost identical to code compatability from the 68000 to the 68010: only of concern to OS programmers and the careless. Of course, if it really worries you, plug a 68010 into your Amiga. It's easy, and instructions can be found on Fish disk #18 (finding a 68010 is a bit harder). That plus a multi-slot expansion box is supposed to give you the equivalent of the A2000. >Can you blame me for wanting to unload this turkey before the A2000 hits >the streets? Remember I paid FULL PRICE for this unit ($2600). Given your misconcpetions, no. However, I *CAN* blame you for 1) not buying what you wanted in the first place (an IBM PC clone) and 2) not checking on the differences between a 68010 and a 68000.