#Sounds to me
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I am an optimist, but all this sounds very bad. In my opinion, and I believe
many will support me on this, all these intets should have been decided durin a
year long buy-out process. I think Escom is pulling our chain. I seriously
doubt that they will reintroduce amiga, the statement of A4000 redesign should
be enough to support that. (This redesign could take years and months, turning
simply into promiss) Sounds to me like Escom is just going for the PC's.
Gene,
>I think Escom is pulling our chain. I seriously doubt that they will
reintroduce amiga, the statement of A4000 redesign should be enough to support
that. (This redesign could take years and months, turning simply into promiss)
Sounds to me like Escom is just going for the PC's.
I think you're mis-reading here. Peter Kittel said that the CASE of the
4000 would be changed but that the internals would be the same as before as
re-design AT THIS POINT would cause too much of a delay. The old A4000 cases
were a special case. I suspect Escom wants to use an off-the-shelf case
instead. This should not be a difficult or time consuming task
As for their intents, until proven otherwise I choose to believe what they
are saying to us, to Reuters, to the Wall St. Journal.
Yes, it's possible they're just blowing smoke up our skirts (or pants as the
case may be) but lets at least give them the benifit of the doubt before we
doom and gloom ourselves to death.
But then, you have the right to whatever opinion you wish to hold….
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Asha
"Peter Kittel said that the CASE of the 4000 would be changed but that the
internals would be the same as before as re-design AT THIS POINT would cause
too much of a delay. The old A4000 cases were a special case. I suspect Escom
wants to use an off-the-shelf case instead. This should not be a difficult or
time consuming task" Ah, I see, I did mis-read it. I was under impression that
they would redesign the A4000 (better memory bus, SCSI, flicker fixer). Thanks
for pointing that out
Gene,
>"Peter Kittel said that the CASE of the 4000 would be changed but that the
internals would be the same as before as re-design AT THIS POINT would cause
too much of a delay. The old A4000 cases were a special case. I suspect Escom
wants to use an off-the-shelf case instead. This should not be a difficult or
time consuming task"
Ah, I see, I did mis-read it. I was under impression that they would redesign
the A4000 (better memory bus, SCSI,flicker fixer). Thanks for pointing that out
What probably makes it even more confusing, is that Escom did say (elsewhere
I think) that they were planning on fixing/changing some of the things in the
AGA line, but NOT RIGHT AT FIRST as it would delay the shipment of product too
much right now. Guess we'll have to wait a bit longer to see how/what they
really do…:)
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Asha
Gene,
You said and I quote, "Ah, I see, I did mis-read it. I was under impression
that they would redesign the A4000 (better memory bus, SCSI, flicker fixer)."
Well, at least they can fix the memory bus and SCSI deficiencies by installing
a MacroSystem Development (MSD) Warp Engine, into every new A4000. That would
certainly go a long way. Indeed, I talked with MSD a couple of months back and
they were willing to negotiate a deal with whomever gets the Amiga technology.
We all know that it is tentatively ESCOM AG.
Regards,
John Chang
Unless they have a mountain of 1200s amd 4000s to get rid of, I don't see
any reason for blowing as much "smoke" as they have been.
Unless they are run by rabid Anti Amiga fanatics who were part of the
world wide plot to buy the Amiga to prevent the technology from falling
into the hands of those who would have blown the IBM PC, and the Mac out
of the water. <grin>
As for $3B in sale in three years, in the U.S…. Hmmmmm…