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From: ccplumb@watnot.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The Potential of the 2000
Message-ID: <12681@watnot.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Mar-87 18:29:28 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 24 18:29:28 1987
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Reply-To: ccplumb@watnot.UUCP (Colin Plumb)
Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario
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In article <1583@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom SALES) writes:
>The A2000 is hardly a stop-gap machine - it IS our future for quite a few
>years.  It is our future because it IS expandable to meet the needs
>beyond today's customer as they become economically feasible.

  Bat pukey.  The A2000 is a boring rehash of the A1000, with hype laid
on to make it seem like some great leap for mankind.
  As for `being Commodore's future for quite a few years', Humph.
Apple's got an '020 box, Atari's getting an '020 box, and Commodore is
working on an '020 expansion card.  If the folks at Commodore know what's
good for them, they'll turn that card into a whole machine Real Soon Now.

In article <3277@udenva.UUCP> pbrody@udenva.UUCP (Paul Brody ) writes:
>>The Amiga 2000 is a new computer with a lot of exciting potential. One area 
>>has particularly gotten my interest is in multi-processor/multi-tasking/multi-
>>OS....

 I heard that this is actually one area in which the 2000 is better than
the 1000.  Apparently, the 1000 had timing problems that would make bus
sharing among multiple processors difficult, which have been fixed in
the 2000.  I have no idea how reliable this information is.  Would
someone like to comment?  It seems strange that a genuine improvement
wouldn't be mentioned in reviews, but perhaps this is a bit too technical
for most magazines.  (I haven't checked the _Transactor_ yet.)

>> [I'd like to see:]
>>	2) a 68020/68881 or 68030/68882 coprocessor card which can be used
>>	   with AmigaDOS as well as Unix.
>
>The former will be available at or right after launch from a third party.
>The latter isn't even available from Motorola so cut us a break.

  Yes, but when the latter becomes available, it would be a nice way to
get a jump on the competition.  Perhaps I'm dreaming, but that would make
a *very* mean machine.

  Also... would it be feasible to add a 1-bit SRAM somewhere in the
Amiga to do memory protection?  No address translation, just write inhibit.
(Everything would still be globally readable.) It could save a lot of
reboots, at low cost.
--
	-Colin Plumb (watmath!watnot!ccplumb)

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