ICOA: Co se deje u AInc. 1

[Petr Krenzelok <Petr.Krenzelok@trz.cz>]

jsem po case o5 testnul Fleecyho, at vybali, co se v soucasne dobe deje,
tak tady to mate:

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Petr Krenzelok wrote:

> 
> Hi Fleecy 8-)
> 
> I would like to buy some good book about Amiga OS (describing internal
> structures, tasks, devices, libs, simply everything to understand
> internal relations of Amiga OS). Could you recommend me any? I know
> during "processor discussion" you have recommended one book regarding
> hw. So, don't you know any good book regarding AmigaOS?
> 

The Bruce Smith Books are quite good. I was lucky and found someone
offering the complete set of Amiga books from Abacus for $2 each -
it almost cost more to post them - sad but it is the state of the 
market - if OS3.5 comes out then you can be sure we will oush
AInc to provide some impetus to decent manuals. I am trying to 
start a WG that will write some Amiga tutorials to put up on the
website.

> So, how about ICOA, does it alredy have status of organization?

Not yet - the lawyer sent our articles off just before New Year - it
should be anytime now - I really want to get this moving but time
has not been kind to us.

 
> Fleecy, it is very sad. Without third party support Amiga would be dead.
> I really can't understand, what is AInc. waiting for. GW2K makes new PCs
> in a weeks, don't tell me, it lasts so long in the case of the Amiga.
> P5 has PPC, and even before AInc makes any decision, Index will have all
> three computers out, and maybe with PPC, PCI and AGA2 ;-(
> 

I know - it's very sad - I know what they are doing and it drives me
around the bend - so close, and yet always that last step taking so
long - I estimate they have three months before the market just
crumbles.

> What happened? Shouldn't Jeff visit Tedd Waitt immediatelly after
> Cologne show? So, what is the result? Selling 2000 Amigas to India is
> great, but without further development of platform it doesn't help too
> much.
>


He did visit Ted and Ted asked him to present him with a plan that will 
see Amiga returning to a profit for GW2K - that plan is being put
together -
there is a lot more going on than ppl know but it is very hard.


> One silly question: Aren't third parties (P5, Index, HiQ) doing work
> which should be done by AInc.? Simply to do research???

Yes - Index have carried the HW in the direction that Commodore would
have gone - Index and AInc have talked.
 
> Hehe, maybe before we will see any new upgrade of AmigaOS Carl will be
> ready with REBOL ;-)

AInc and Carl are talking as well.

> Oh, spring of 98, OS 3.5.... hmmm, how they want to make it in a few
> months? Any kind of magic? :-)

July at the earliest I would guess.