Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:23467 comp.sys.amiga.tech:2021 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers From: sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Next Amiga system Message-ID: <3618.AA3618@heimat> Date: 2 Oct 88 13:53:08 GMT Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech Organization: Sneakers Computing Lines: 75 In Message <1981@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu>, trn@warper.jhuapl.edu (Tony Nardo) writes: >In article <661@wsccs.UUCP> dharvey@wsccs.UUCP (David Harvey) writes: >> >>... >>I contended that what Amiga owners >>really wanted was a more powerful Amiga machine, ie more colors in >>normal res-modes and higher resolution with NO INTERLACE. Someone >>replied with a letter that IBM compatibility is a MUST, citing a >>Macintosh magazine as proof. So what is it Amiga owners? Do you want a >>more powerful Amiga or IBM compatibility? > >Given the expense, neither. > >However, given some extra cash to throw around, I'd sooner see a more >powerful Amiga with "a software emulator that can run IBM software, providing >IBM compatibility for under $100." (Maybe paraphrased, but how many others >of the early A1000 crowd heard something similar to this in Amiga's infancy?) >I could care less if the IBM software runs 1/2 as fast as it could with >special hardware. > Lets see a software emulator that will run MS-DOS, easy. Under $100, sure. Run at 1/2 the speed, +- 20% yea we can do that. Matter of fact "Transformer" can and does do all that & more! It allows you to use your serial port as com1: - your parallel port as lpt1: - and more! Use 5.25" drive(s), 3.5" drive(s), boot from any drive (A: - B: - C: - D:). So I suggest you throw that extra cash into Transformer, it has what you want & it really does work very nicley. Of course it CBM only supports it on the 500 & 1000, but if your lucky (I wont waste bandwith with all the details of what makes you 'lucky') it will run on your 2000..... >Of course, it would have been nice if the Amiga had been designed with a >little more compatibility with off-the-shelf hardware products, e.g. hard >disks, tape drives, ... This is the same thing people said about the IBM-PC or the Apple Mac when they were new. And given a few years and half the support those machines received, people will buch the Amiga in that group too. -= And now for something almost different =- Personally I need MS-DOS capability for work and Transformer is just to slow. (I used to use Transformer on my 1000. Thats where I learned MS-DOS. But that was for a hobby, this is work.) So I have a BridgeBoard w/hard-card, expanded memory, 5.25" & 3.5" drives. Why? Because there just isnt enough room for another computer on this desk (2 - 2000's are enough!). Plus the ability to do direct file copies with Aread & Awrite allow me to do alot of my UUCP/UseNet work on my MS-DOS Zenith laptop wile sitting in the living room with the family. So for me MS-DOS is what I need. But hey I also want a stronger, more powerful Amiga. Hows does this sound *IN ADDITION* to the above mentioned MS-DOS capabilities? A2000 - 020 w/math co-processor & MMU -plus- 4meg 32 bit memory 1 meg Agnus w/1meg chip ram on the mother board 2 meg fast ram in an expansion slot built in genlock (for watching TV while you program ;-) 2090A auto-boot hard drive controller & 1.3 Kickstart ROM (No more floppy boots or Virus worries) Multi-Start board to allow use of 1.1 Kickstart 80 to 100 megs of hard drive storage *Plus (and this is the kicker!) Unix! Sound good? Well with the new items that CBM has already announced *ALL* of this will be possible & more! So why choose between MS-DOS capability or a more powerful Amiga? Have your cake and eat it too!!!! -- Dan "Sneakers" Schein {alegra|amiga|rutgers|uunet}!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers Sneakers Computing 2455 McKinley Ave. Of course heimat is an Amiga. West Lawn, PA 19609 Doesn't everyone run UUCP & UseNet on an Amiga? Call: BERKS AMIGA BBS - 40 Meg - 24 Hrs - 3/12/2400 Baud - 215/678-7691