Extra detail on AmigaInc announcement

[Petr.Valek@vsp.cz]

...posilam vam neco, co snad trochu vylepsi vasi spatnou naladu z 
infos kolem nove Amigy...Zvlast posledni prispevek mi mluvi z 
duse...

                                                        DEMON

PS: Ten Fleccy z prvniho prispevku je zastupce amigasceny zvoleny 
amigisty a sedi ted ve spravni rade AmigaInc a ma vsechny informace, 
ktere je mozno ziskat. Udajne to byl silny pesimista ve vecech kolem 
znovuzrozeni Amigy, takze jeho promena v silneho optimistu, ktera 
nastala po jeho nastupu k AmigaInc snad taky neco naznacuje. Pise, ze 
se proste vyviji novy supercip na multimedia, vi o nem jen malo firem,
ale G2000 jo, a je tak super, ze si zaslouzi udelat novy pocitac 
jenom pro nej. Muzeme byt radi ze ho bude mit prave ( a mozna jenom, 
protoze na PC se pridavani DSPcek a TriMedii a tehle veci do 
architektury moc nechytilo ) nova Amiga. 

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>From the http://www.primenet.com/~jweb/woa98news.html site:
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> This is what Fleccy (Moss) said today at #Team*Amiga:
> 
> OK, here's the story. There is a superchip out there that very few ppl know
> about we found out about it because of the GW2k connection the problem is,
> it won't be available until at least 1Q/99, which means that systems won't
> exist until at least 4Q/99... to develop an OS for it, we have to use
> simulators. The chip companies simulators and compilers are all x86 platform
> to develop for OS4, we have to use the tools to create the OS and the APIs.
> It does mean a brief flirtation with x86, but not with Windows as soon as
> the chip is available, we will move everything across and voila, bye bye
> x86. 
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> The new system "has to represent where Amiga would have been if there had
> been investment [in the technology] through the last five years," said
> Schindler.
> Philadelphia Daily News
> 
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> All right guys, listen to me a minute. First of all, I've been developping
> on the Amiga for the past 7 years. I like to believe I've contributed to
> this platform. Now we have been told some SERIOUS changes are coming up
> for the future. For the past year, we ALL complained at the lack of
> DEVELOPMENT. Yesterday, they announced a plan for the FUTURE. So the Amiga
> can exist not only in a year, but on 4, 5, maybe 10 years. The Bridge is 
> NOT the system of the future. The bridge is meant as a TEMPORARY
> development system. It will run Amiga software by itself, NOT on the PC's
> CPU. In 18 months, they want to come up with a totaly new architecture.
> This new archiecture will have NOTHING to do with the x86. Zilch. What
> CPU will that be? It's not sure yet. Maybe Merced? Maybe Altivec? maybe
> something yet unreleased? Just one thing is sure: They are NOT going x86.
> So no, the Amiga is NOT turning into a Windows box. So, just give AInc
> time to explain the WHOLE plan. We've ben told only SOME of it so far.
> They will probably explain more of it as the show will proceed this
> weekend. Just read the press release they issue, and take a few mins to
> analyze what you read THERE. And think about what you want to use in 3
> years of now: An Amiga 4000 with a PowerUP but AmigaOS still running on
> the 68040? Or a totaly new CPU, ahead of both the 680x0 AND the Pentium?
> They are planning the future, not just tommorow, neither the day after.
> But the next years. So, just give them time to explain the details, and
> THINK about it.
> Thank you. 
> 
> Eric Sauvageau, NewIcons/SysInspector co-author/author 

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