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Could AAA be released today?One of the big questions that many Amiga users ask is would it be possible to release an upgraded Amiga based upon the AAA chipset. They were almost finished and, unlike many other designs, is compatible with Amiga ECS. Dave Haynie, a former Commodore engineer and creator of the AAA chipset takes an impatient view of such an idea.Quote Gateway/AI would have been insane to continue AAA. It would have been revolutionary if released in 1990, pretty cool in 1992, ok in 1994 (the earliest it could have been released on the schedule we had, with a healthy Commodore). Today, it would be a horribly expensive thing with less graphics performance than any old everyday $10 PCI-based SVGA graphics chip. There is simply no point whatsoever. And that's spelled "HAYNIE"... - Dave Haynie, Team Amiga ML, 3/5/99.
Gateway/AI would have been insane to continue AAA. It would have been revolutionary if released in 1990, pretty cool in 1992, ok in 1994 (the earliest it could have been released on the schedule we had, with a healthy Commodore). Today, it would be a horribly expensive thing with less graphics performance than any old everyday $10 PCI-based SVGA graphics chip. There is simply no point whatsoever. And that's spelled "HAYNIE"... - Dave Haynie, Team Amiga ML, 3/5/99.
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