Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!gatech!udel!mmdf From: daveh%cbmvax.uucp@UDEL.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Next Amiga system Message-ID: <4392@louie.udel.EDU> Date: 3 Oct 88 21:59:45 GMT Sender: mmdf@udel.EDU Lines: 45 Received: from CUNYVM by CUNYVM.BITNET (Mailer X2.00) with BSMTP id 5935; Fri, 30 Sep 88 21:32:52 EDT Received: from UDEL.EDU by CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.1) with TCP; Fri, 30 Sep 88 21:32:48 EDT Received: from Louie.UDEL.EDU by Louie.UDEL.EDU id ae17280; 30 Sep 88 20:37 EDT Received: by Louie.UDEL.EDU id ae17131; 30 Sep 88 20:25 EDT Received: from USENET by Louie.UDEL.EDU id aa16729; 30 Sep 88 20:11 EDT From: Dave Haynie Subject: Re: Next Amiga system Message-ID: <4907@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 30 Sep 88 20:12:54 GMT Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA To: amiga-relay@UDEL.EDU Sender: amiga-relay-request@UDEL.EDU in article <8809290745.AA20082@decwrl.dec.com>, rmeyers@tle.dec.com (Randy Meyers 381-2743 ZKO2-3/N30) says: > ...As for me, I prefer a more powerful Amiga. ... What I want to know is, why does everyone think IBM compatibility and more powerful Amigas are mutually exclusive? In fact, they've got nothing what so ever to do with one another. The IBM slots in the Amiga 2000 required zero, 0, ZIP, NIL, NULL, none, void, etc. engineering effort. They're just a bunch of connectors with power and ground in the right place. Bridge cards are designed by people who'd otherwise be designing PC-10s or PC-20s or whatever, so they don't get in the way of Amiga people doing great Amiga things. So what's the big deal? You get something that lots of people want (I'll even use a Bridge card until CUPL is available on the Amiga. In fact, I'll trade my Bridge card, PC hard disk, and 5.25" floppy for an Amiga verison of CUPL) or even have a use for, and it doesn't cost anything. > Randy Meyers, not representing Digital Equipment Corporation > USENET: {decwrl|decvax|decuac}!tle.dec.com!rmeyers > ARPA: rmeyers%tle.dec.com@decwrl.dec.com -- Dave Haynie "The 32 Bit Guy" Commodore-Amiga "The Crew That Never Rests" {ihnp4|uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: D-DAVE H BIX: hazy "I can't relax, 'cause I'm a Boinger!"