CompuServe Messages

Well I'm glad to see there are others that feel the way I do. Incidentally, here's one reason I believe that the Amiga will be picked up by someone, even if it's not who we may think. The 3D-RISC chips that Commodore were working on before they went belly up. If these chips are as powerful as they are said to be (David Pleasance of C= UK says that they are faster then Nintendo's project reality) wouldn't you think that somebody would be interested. Even if it were just to use these chips in a game console. Of course this scenario means that Amiga computers would be left out. But, the new owners (assuming they only want to use the chips for this purpose) would probably be willing to allow someone else to produce Amigas. And I think someone would be willing to do this. Actually, I think that CEI or C= UK will win the bid and continue production of Amigas. This scenario is just to show that even if they decide not to buy Commodore outright they may be able to produce computers anyway. Also on the subject of the 3D-RISC chipset, I think it may be a good move for the new owners to finish and then sell this technology. Why? Because people that know say that 3D-RISC will make a heck of a console, but is not really suited to computer related tasks. AAA is much better for use in computers. Since most of us are more interested in Amigas as computers and not as game playing machines (at least not exclusively) this would be better for us and for the new owners. I do think that a move to a HP-RISC processor would be a good idea. If they could emulate a 68000 with it and utilize the AAA chipset, this would allow backwards-compatibility. The 3D-RISC platform will be completely incompatible with all current Amigas. I think that the real reason that both of the suitors want to kill AAA is because it is much more expensive to produce than 3d-RISC and won't allow them to produce the machines as cheaply. This is important for a financially strapped company. But if they sell 3D-RISC, they can then utilize these monies for development of AAA. Just a thought :)………