Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:23357 comp.sys.amiga.tech:1985 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!super!udel!gatech!rutgers!mailrus!utah-gr!stride!tahoe!malc From: malc@tahoe.unr.edu (Malcolm L. Carlock) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Do We Want IBM Compatibility? (was: Re: Next Amiga system) Summary: Yep, I want (need) IBM compatiblity (Yow, !(286 bridge card) flame) Keywords: ibm compatibility, bridge card Message-ID: <1649@tahoe.unr.edu> Date: 28 Sep 88 05:07:41 GMT References:
<661@wsccs.UUCP> Reply-To: malc@tahoe.unr.edu.UUCP (Malcolm L. Carlock) Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga Organization: Univ. of Nev., Reno-Mathematics Lines: 29 In article <661@wsccs.UUCP> dharvey@wsccs.UUCP (David Harvey) writes: >So what is it Amiga owners? Do you want a more powerful Amiga or >IBM compatibility? I currently own an Amiga 2000, but I use an AT clone in my paying job. Putting a bridge card and some other IBM-side goodies into Amy will allow me to use her at work. The Project we're working on is more or less locked into an IBM-PC environment, but there are a number of things at work besides The Project that I could be using Amy for, with the added incentive that I would be doing them in the Amy environment and not in single-tasking-go-to- lunch-during-long-compiles MS-DOG. Eventually, I hope to upgrade Amy to a 2500, allowing me (theoretically...) to have both MS-DOS and Unix, not to mention AmigaDOS, running in the same box -- allowing me to do lots o' pow'ful work all in the same place. Darn tootin' I want (and need) IBM compatibility!! And darn tootin' I want a pow'ful Amiga!! However, it seems (again, in theory) that both are possible. So what's the problem? . . . Well, there IS one small problem . . . I'm still waiting for the 80286-based version of the bridge card. Where Is It????? Malcolm L. Carlock ----------------------------------------------------------------- malc@tahoe.unr.edu.UUCP University of Nevada, Reno