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From: eric@hector.UUCP (Eric Lavitsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 68030-based PC's
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Date: 10 Mar 88 16:36:16 GMT
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In article <1069@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> ralphw@IUS3.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU (Ralph Hyre) writes:
>In article <lots of places> various people write... (much deleted)
>
>OK, the Amiga 3000 should be a 16Mhz 68030/882 machine.  It'll be
>interesting to see what the graphics hardware will look like in the
>next generation of Amiga.

Fine, I'll buy it... the next generation of graphics hardware will
most likely be an extension of the current architecture: higher resolution,
more color, greater addressing range, ability to blit more data at a time
at higher speeds etc. They should remain as compatible with the existing 
machines as possible.

>IBM PC-style slots would be a good choice, although a provison for
>Microchannel or NuBUS boards would be a good idea, since they're the
>up-and-coming busses.

No, no no! - Don't ever even think this; it would be a huge mistake!
What the next Amiga really needs is a supported 32 bit extension to
the current Zorro II bus architecture!

>					- Ralph W. Hyre, Jr.

Eric

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