CompuServe Thread

#C= PC in your future?

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#162943From: Sam YatesSep 8, 1994 4:39 AM
Gday, >> (which in this persons opinion will kill the Amiga in the U.S.) Hasn't it been as good as dead in the USA for quite some time now? >> Most C=Dealers have 'diversified' and have told the C UK group they >> are not interested in selling Amigas again. I doubt that would be a major concern for the UK group. For the CEI group however…….. >> The U.K. CBM had won the C= bid, but announcement is held up since a >> large bit of inventory showed on the assets appears to be missing, so the >> price is being renegotiated. I thought *you* had the tickets! 🙂 >> The "new development" planned by C UK after production is started >> centers on moving the Amiga toward Intel CPUs and the non-dos Windows That would be silly as Intel's (80XXX) days may be numbered. Hasn't Intel signed a deal with HP re: PA-RISC to counter POWERPC? Maybe we'll see a RISC Amiga after all. >> What's so special about a clone with a check mark on the case? Ahh, but WHAT a check mark! 🙂 Sam Yates Montrose, Victoria, Australia. samyates@werple.apana.org.au samyates@ozemail.com.au
#163243From: Wayne ColeSep 10, 1994 12:27 AM
>>Hasn't it been as good as dead in the USA for quite some time now? No. It is dead when there are no dealers, no mail order, no third party developers. >>That would be silly as Intel's (80XXX) days may be numbered. Hasn't >>Intel… They are still pushing and selling lots of Pentiums. Remember thier target market thought that first DOS, then Windows were the best inventions of the twentieth century. And I'm sure Intel will be happy to continue parting those fools from their money as long as they can. wmc – via Autopilot!