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From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Questions about Amiga future
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Date: Thu, 26-Nov-87 18:11:54 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 26 18:11:54 1987
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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.

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.

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?

Is CA doing anything about presenting interlace resolution graphics without
the interlace mode?

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.

Sean
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