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From: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AM(iga un)IX
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Date: 22 Mar 89 00:24:10 GMT
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rick@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Rick Spanbauer) writes:
>         Yes, and as I recall one company was set to field a really 
>         innovative disk controller that was basically killed by the 
>         announcement of the 2090.

and by the announcement of a new file system that supported read/write
speeds equal to or greater than that of the innovative disk controller
that never made it to market (it was vaporware for *quite* some time
before the announcement of the 2090+FFS killed it).

>         By cutting the legs out of disk/memory 
>         markets Commodore killed quite a few R&D buggets at third party 
>         houses.

To expect Commodore to market the Amiga without offering a disk
subsystem and memory upgrade is ludicrous.  Pure and simple.

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