#A2200
Jim,
You're product depends on a legally obtained Apple Macintosh ROM chip. The
rest of your product is essentially off-the-shelf hardware. Please let me know
if the afore mentioned statement is not true.
We are speculating, that the Computer Answers product is based on the CD32
motherboard, which, at the time, was a Commodore owned and manufactured
hardware part with custom ICs and ROMs. This is, obviously, not exactly a
"clone" product. And therefore, has more tangibility than your product.
I would welcome an Amiga clone product. However, I really don't think that's
feasible at the moment. I would suggest, however, that the new owners
seriously think about licensing the OS and Amiga chipset to those manufacturers
interested in making general purpose computers, workstations or embedded
systems.
BTW, Jim. You have an excellent product. If you can get Macintosh AND
MS-DOS/Windows emulation working as a stable, no fuss, finished product, you
have the potential of advancing the Amiga technology to the next level. Apple
is interested in licensing its software technology , therefore they may even
help you get ROMs, OS and manuals, maybe even technical support. Hey, you may
even be able to make the Amiga more attractive to the mainstream consumers! ;-}
The situation reminds me of the recent political campaigns. After the voting
is done, the opposing sides will have reconcile their differences and work
together. Such a consortium of Samsung (manufacturing), CEI
(distribution/owner), UK Group (distribution/owner), ESCOM (distribution and
retail), Philips (technology development) etc. have all the right facets to
allow the Amiga technology to succeed in one field or another. Lets see it
happen. As usual, Amiga users everywhere will have to roll up the sleeves and
help. What else is new! ;-}
Happy Thanksgiving!
Regards,
John Chang