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Offline WolfToTheMoon

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Re: [Speculation] How to keep Commodore afloat
« on: February 04, 2011, 03:13:59 PM »
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  • Split Amiga into two divisions: Graphics card and Computer.
  • Sell Gfx Card to IBM PCs & Others.
  • Use funds to aggressively develop card.
  • Continue to develop Amiga computer using advancing graphics.


Very good suggestion!

I'd also add... dump AGA, Hombre or whatever not and as of 1200(which would then be a desktop, not a AIO) use commodity PC hardware cards.
Custom chipsets only for consoles(this way, the historical 1200 could be made into a cheapish console)
 

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Re: [Speculation] How to keep Commodore afloat
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2011, 04:57:03 PM »
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My answer to the post above from the other thread... it's probably more appropriate to discuss this here


Whatever happened to Terbium?(WDC's 32 bit 6502 evolution)

But your idea is interesting... 65816 was shown to be roughly comparable  to early 68K Motorolas. It's probably much cheaper as well. But since  Lorraine was based on 68000 it would mean building a whole new chipset  basically. I do not think that's likely to have been approved.
But 65816 maybe should have been used in the 128 or a similar C= branded machine.