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From: manes@xanth.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 80286 Bridge Board status?
Message-ID: <3187@xanth.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 4-Nov-87 16:56:38 EST
Article-I.D.: xanth.3187
Posted: Wed Nov  4 16:56:38 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Nov-87 17:45:48 EST
References: <2300008@hpsadla.HP> <2583@cbmvax.UUCP> <741@neoucom.UUCP> <3130@xanth.UUCP>
Reply-To: manes@xanth.UUCP (Mark Manes)
Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk Va.
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In article <3130@xanth.UUCP> kent@xanth.UUCP (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:
>In article <741@neoucom.UUCP> wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes:
>>Re:  the planned 80286 coprocessor card for the {A|B}2000
>[...]
>>As far as the 80286 bridge board goes, I'd keep it in the "I'll
>>believe it when I see it" category.  I sure hope the '286 board
>>makes it on time-- this'll make the Amiga a good competitor indeed!
>
>After checking out Jerry Pournelle's (for a change sensible) comments
>in this months Byte column, to the effect that the 80286 is headed the
>way of the Dodo, ("The 286 is doomed, and within a year, there won't
>be many systems using it; the 386 will be with us a long time." p235,
>c1, Byte Nov87) (and note that when Jerry says it, it becomes a self
>fulfilling prophesy, it happens because he says it will!) it looks
>like a better wish would be that Commodore forget about the 80286
>bridge card, and make an 80386 card instead.  Once again, catching up
>with last generation's hardware isn't going to make many points with
>the buying public, and doesn't contribute to long term product line
>viability.
>
>(Oppose this good advice to Pournelle's iterated complete lack of
>understanding of multitasking a couple of lines down in the same
>column; again he thinks it's _always_ stealing cycles.  Sigh.  If
>there is something more dangerous than that much influence coupled
>with that stubborn an ignorance, I've yet to find it.  At least he's
>finally discovered that there are other programming languages than
>BASIC!  It would be really nice if Commodore dispatched a CATS type
>for a month's live-in training session at Chaos Manor, to help Jerry
>and family learn how to make use of multitasking; maybe we could quit
>hearing about how great Sidekick is after while.  ;-)
>
>Kent, the (totally weird) man from xanth.

Gosh, you would submit a friendly CATS person to living with someone 
who thinks CP/M is useful?  

How cruel, how cruel indeed....

-mark=
Yeah?                      
I love my Amiga, you wanna make somethin' of it?