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From: navas@cory.Berkeley.EDU (David C. Navas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: a1000 and 1.4 The official release
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Date: 10 Feb 90 05:03:13 GMT
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In article <26764@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:
>sjm@sun.acs.udel.edu (Steve Morris) in <7702@sun.acs.udel.edu> writes:
>
>"	... The following 2 segments of text are from the official info packet
>	that CBM has given to dealers for various programs/offers.
>	...
>	   - THE A1000 IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE ABOVE TECHNOLOGY
>"
>
>'Sfunny.  One of my A1000 has a Ronin card with '030 and 4MB of 32-bit-wide
>RAM. 

Drat -- you beat me to making this point.
Folks -- the A1000 does not support add-in, internal cards, co-processor SLOT
	boards, video boards, high-end Denise/Agnus chips [except for Rej...]

It should read: "COMMODORE IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE ABOVE TECHNOLOGY IN A 1000"
Of course, other companies can.

Probably Commodore wants to outdate 5 year old technology, an issue that has
reared it's head in other postings [does the name Wayne mean anything?]...

I say, it's high time!!  I want *new* technology... I want a NeXT for the price
of an Amiga -- hear, hear!  [Okay, I'm getting carried away... :)]

To repeat what has been heard half a dozen times...  1.4 will be supported
in the A1000.  All of it's features won't, but as far as I know, there should
be no big problem...  :)
[Unless the new graphics libraries don't check if a new graphic blitter is
stuck in the system, which might cause problems with big blits, but that's
a horse of a different beat  <My teacher told me to avoid those mixed metaphors
:)>]
>I think it is grand of CBM to again offer an upgrade!  Other companies should
>be so magnanimous and actually respect and support their customer base.

Hear, hear!!!
>
>Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]

David Navas
navas@cory.berkeley.edu