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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The Next Amiga
Message-ID: <1643@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 7-Apr-87 01:53:57 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr  7 01:53:57 1987
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Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
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In article <3367@udenva.UUCP> pbrody@udenva.UUCP (Paul Brody ) writes:
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>It now appears that the A2000 will be the last new Amiga for a long time. This,
>in my view, is a very bad move. Apple has a 68020 Mac, and Atari is working on
>a 68020 or 68030 based computer for their line and Commodore needs to stay on 
>top of the market. Granted the 2000 is expandable, but it has no improved 
>graphics or sound and is no faster the original 1000. Commodore should be doing
>a lot more than they are now to make the AMIGA a success.

I'm not sure this is a reasonable assumption.  There's more to the computer
busisness that announcing new products.  There's a lot that's not visible on
the surface, including both new development and the minor problem of actually
manufacturing and marketing the products.

This year, we're going to introduce two new Amiga machines and a bunch of
expansion products and peripherals.  We are addressing 68020 performance
through an add-in card, rather than an exotic high-dollar MAC-II approach.
If people are willing to pay for this kind of performance, I won't take
long to put the 68020 down on the mainboard and christen it an A3000 or
whatever.

You all have a right to expect some kind of progress in the Amiga product
line, but before you expect magic, contemplate the overall rate of new
product introdutions from IBM or Apple.  The real performance jumps don't
come every 6 months, it's more like every 2 years...

BTW, Atari's been blowing smoke about 32-bit machines since before the 520ST
came out.  I'm sure they'll come out with something sooner or later, but right
now they're having problems just getting a product with a 16-bit blit chip to
market.
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