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> From what I understand of this new EMPLANT card, the Amiga could be > marketed with full IBM 486 AND Mac compatibility, and run most Mac > apps faster than the Macs themselves. Who would buy a new, unknown brand computer and buy an EMPLANT and buy Mac ROMS to run 68K Mac code? For _less_ money, you could buy a PowerMac. Remember we are talking about _new_ computer buyers. ( Everybody does _buy_ the Mac ROMS leagl like, right? <grin> ) Currently a PowerMac 6100 _with_ monitor can be bought for $250 less than an A4000 without monitor. The PowerPC chip is also _lots_ faster than the 68K series. The PowerPC chip is also getting faster at a much quicker rate than the 68K every will. Bet your last dollar on that. By the fall, Apple is hinting at PowerPC based Macs for near $1,000. That's cutting edge RISC for less than a good 486 machine. Just as the PC world is moving to Pentium and the Mac world is moving to PowerPC you will never get new buyers to spring for a machine they have never heard of that won't run the latest hotest stuff. The 68060 is looking slower and slower everyday. Moto can't even ship 66Mhz versions until _late_ this year. They will be shipping 100Mhz 604 PowerPC chips before that. The 604 at 100Mhz is almost TRIPLE the speed of a 66Mhz 68060. (RISC pays off in spades!) In the end, nobody has the hundreds of millions it would take. And there is no way to get several hundred people to pool enough to do it. If it were that easy, it would happen. I bet a buck it don't. I hope there is a way the Amiga can continue to be built, but I don't see it becoming a runaway hit. —– Andrew