> > Aren't the A1200 a little too 'old' technology for the new machines
> > market where everyone must have a fast MMX Px with faster math copro
> > for Quake? Unless they're selling them as NCs or Nintendo killers.
>
> The Amiga OS on a modern CPU should literally scream. My own 7.1Mhz Amiga
> 500 seems snappy compared to the doggish NT box I use at work, and suffers
> from fewer crashes.
The thing that dooms new developement of the Amiga line is the fact that
the M68K line of processors is just about out of steam. Sure, a blazingly
fast Amiga with a 68060 would be nice, but Motorola is trying to kill off
the line gracefully, so the PowerPC and Coldfire chips can prosper.
William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Thu Jul 10 1997 - 12:12:57 BST
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