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From: rodney@gitpyr.gatech.EDU (Rodney Ricks)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Bad news about 1.2 & New Amigas
Message-ID: <2553@gitpyr.gatech.EDU>
Date: Fri, 31-Oct-86 19:48:33 EST
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Posted: Fri Oct 31 19:48:33 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 3-Nov-86 21:15:59 EST
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga.
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Keywords: 1.2 news

[ Go ahead line eater, mak  my d y. ]

I just heard something that kind of makes me, an avowed Amiga fanatic (and
strong critic) almost feel like getting rid of mine.  The bad news
relates to 1.2.  Supposedly, a lot of the software on the market for the
Amiga will not run under 1.2.  Thus, Commodore/Amiga, in its infinite wisdom,
has decided to (or is at least thinking about) putting 1.1 INSTEAD of 1.2
in the new (and current) Amigas!  Yes, you are reading this correctly, and
I am getting this from a reliable source.

How is 1.2 going to be used?  It's going to be treated like an "add on."
An EXTRA COST add-on!  They will probably only charge only $15 or so, but
the point is that 1.2 will not automatically come in Amigas, and there
will be little incentive for programmers to use its extra features.

Personally, I think it should be the other way around, with 1.2 packaged
with the new machines, and 1.1 available as an option.

Wasn't there a similar problem in upgrade compatibility with the different
versions of MS-DOS?  I know that there was with the Apple II series.

I hate to start flames flying, but I think this news deserves some attention.

What do you think?


Rodney Ricks

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