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From: mclek@sunb.UUCP (Larry E. Kollar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: 1.3 Now Available -- Time for 1.4 Rumors
Message-ID: <10093@sunb.UUCP>
Date: 21 Oct 88 02:13:03 GMT
Organization: DCA, Inc., Alpharetta, GA
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I got my 1.3 from my friendly north Atlanta dealer yesterday, and we got to
talking about (what else?) 1.4 features.  Anyone want to add to the list of
rumors?

	- Canonical overscan support (confirmed, no longer rumor)
	- FFS for floppies (confirmed?)
	- ARexx included
	- ARP included
	- Direct support for 16 bitplanes (!) of color (with new hardware?)
	- New (1.4) ROMS required for 500/2000
	- Beta (Alpha?) in time for Comdex Spring, release Dec. '89

Oh, one more thing:  floppy access times seem to have dropped noticeably in
1.3 -- am I imagining it?  I know that screens display quicker due to
FastFonts, but it seems that directory access times have sped up as well.
Looks like a good job overall, C-A!

-- 
Larry Kollar	...!gatech!dcatla!mclek
The Workbench 1.3 "license agreement" can be condensed into four words:
"We have lawyers too!"