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From: blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Save your money re: FALCON
Message-ID: <1170@esunix.UUCP>
Date: 31 Dec 88 21:40:27 GMT
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
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 In article <12991@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:
>As much as I enjoy receiving email, enough is enough.  I've received 28
>emailings so far on the subject of FALCON not working with the '020 and '030
>Amigas; 27 have been in agreement with my posting the "flame", and one was
>not.

While we're flaming, you can add the fact that it will not run on a 68010
processor either. So it's not anyting as exotic as self modifying code,
but an illegal instruction. GOMF 3.0 wouldn't trap the error, I didn't
try DeciGel.

Since it won't even run on a 68010, it's not just the boys with the big
bucks toys that they've cut themselves out of the market on, it's anyone
with $30 to spare for a 68010.

Since the A2500 is now for sale (I've heard of several sightings at
dealers), they can't use the excuse of an alternate CPU being a
"nonstandard" setup.

-- 
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