Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!grr 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 Lines: 44 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... -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {uunet|ihnp4|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@uunet.uu.net Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)