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Re: Isnt there something we can learn from them?
« on: January 19, 2010, 11:28:07 PM »
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Can it multi task?


I guess it'll run MultiTOS and probably an m68k Linux too.

I always liked the CT60 cards, seems a shame nobody made something like that for the A1200.

There doesn't seem to be a single 040/060 card for the amiga1200 in which the CPU is connected properly to memory (by which I mean in a fashion that the limit to memory IO is actually the CPU and not the bus).
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Re: Isnt there something we can learn from them?
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2010, 11:48:37 PM »
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IMO we could learn something from the Commodore 8bit market. Most users accepted the platform as a retro hobby 15+ years ago. Many Amiga users (and companies) still expect the Amiga to take over the world, which is far too unrealistic of a goal.


Surely nobody left is that naive?

For instance, Hyperion market OS4.x with the "Remember when computing was fun?" line. That doesn't tend to suggest they feel it's going to be a workplace contender to me.

Speaking of 8-bit, did any of you guys ever check out the BMOW (big mess of wires) project?
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Re: Isnt there something we can learn from them?
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2010, 12:16:48 AM »
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ST sound is hilariously bad. coupled with a screen resolution where the file menu used the entire screen and it's a wonder why people didn't just buy an amiga and put in a midi card.


Not so on the Falcon, though. There were apps that could do multi channel 16-bit 44kHz audio all mixed realtime on the DSP.

Shame about the 16-bit CPU bus though. Capital crime, should have had at least a wedge of 32-bit wide memory even if it was only for the CPU and not accessible by the rest of the hardware.
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