Mark,
"The obvious problem with this would be the immediate lack of software for
the machine."
Not if implemented the way I described it. That is, with a Hardware
Abstraction Layer (Micros**t's term) between the new hardware and the
traditional Amiga API. That is what Apple is doing; that is what IBM is
doing; both with their respective implementations of "the" Power PC.
Existing software would continue to work because the customary API is
still there.
It would look like this:
Amiga OS w/ RTG
—————–
Hardware Abstraction Layer
—————–
New RISC Hardware
It would be worth a try. The rest of the industry is not going to stand
still because implementing new technology would be too difficult for Amiga
International.
Tab Trepagnier
Cruising on AutoPilot from Beaumont, Texas