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From: dharvey@wsccs.UUCP (David Harvey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Next Amiga system
Summary: NO EFFORT OR MONEY?
Message-ID: <723@wsccs.UUCP>
Date: 10 Oct 88 07:32:11 GMT
References: <4392@louie.udel.EDU>
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In article <4392@louie.udel.EDU>, daveh%cbmvax.uucp@UDEL.EDU writes:
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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!"


Engineers are so blissfully unaware of finances.  Sigh.  If you think
for one minute that Commodore didn't sink a bundle of money into the
IBM compatibility you need to see the figures to REALLY see what it
costs.  The point you are missing is that: "WE JUST DON'T CARE!"  If
we wanted an IBM, we would have bought one, or at the least a suitable
clone.  But that isn't what we want!  We want more colors, higher res
non-interlaced.  Also, a machine with the mother board running at twice
the clock frequency wouldn't be sniffed at either.  And what did we get?
What we didn't want.  I have no reason to rush down to the store to get
the 2000 since it offered me nothing more than what I already had with
my 1000.  The price differential alone allows me to buy expansion
chassis with hard disk, etc.  But if you came out with a 3000 with the
features I just mentioned, immediate planning would be under way to
acquire one of the beasts!  Oh yes, I forgot.  Leave the IBM slots out
and put all Amiga ones in it.  Also include the math coprocessor.

dharvey@wsccs