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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Questions about Amiga future
Message-ID: <2908@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 5-Dec-87 23:41:25 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2908
Posted: Sat Dec  5 23:41:25 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 11-Dec-87 04:43:50 EST
References: <7781@g.ms.uky.edu>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <7781@g.ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes:
> 
> Is CA going to come out with a 386 bridgecard?  I don't see why they
> can't use the latest processor in the series rather than the goopy old
> 8086.
 
	Maybe (aka "no comment")

> Also, is the 68020 card going to have an MMU?  It'd be kind of nice to
> run Unix with Amigados running as process underneath so that I can
> play Skyfox :-).  Of couse, this would involve some major brain work on
> Amigados, but it needs to be rewritten in C anyway.

	Yes, perhaps optional.

> Any plans for a 68030 card?  Masscomp just announced a 68030 upgrade and
> they're claiming 7 mips performance.  That kind of performance would sure
> be nice to have in an Amiga.  Can you imagine what Sublogic Jet is going
> to be like in a 5-7 mips machine?

	We need to get the 68020 card out before even thinking about
	making 68030 noises.  Of such sillyness is vaporware born...
 
> Is CA doing anything about presenting interlace resolution graphics without
> the interlace mode?

	Yes, one example was the A2020 hi-res monochrome display we showed
	at COMDEX.  We're also working on some other approaches.  The third
	party folk seem to have external scan doublers/frame buffers in
	the works.
 
> Am I being hopelessly optimistic?  CA leapfrogged everyone's PC when they
> introduced the Amiga 1000.  I'm considering upgrading to a 2000, but quite
> frankly, unless I think CA has a committment to improving their machines
> and keeping up with the rest of the world, I'll just use it until it gets
> old and then go with a machine that is going to be able to keep up.

	Commodore is committed to improving the Amiga, however the major
	improvments take time, usually far more than anybody anticipated...

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