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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

1673.0. "Latest Gossip" by LEDS::ACCIARDI (Heisenberg may have slept here) Thu Sep 08 1988 19:07

    
    * Latest items from the rumor mill...
    
    v1.3 may not be shipped until mid-November.  This could contradict
    earlier reports that Enhancer 1.3 manuals were spotted in Westchester.
    Or, there may be some last minute bug squashing.
    
    The A2000 is reported to be outselling the A500 in some geographic
    areas.
    
    The 650,000 mark has been passed.  CBM predicts 1,000,000 machines
    sold by the end of the Christmas season.
    
    John Foust is not the Bandito of Amazing Computing magazine!  At least,
    he isn't anymore.  John swears that he stopped being the Bandito
    sometime last year, and he won't say  who the replacement is, although
    he'd like to wring his neck for the recent Apple IIGS+ report in the
    latest issue.  John feels that the GS+ may never see the light of day
    due to a) overlap with the Mac II and b) a reliable high volume source
    of a faster 65816 processor.  John (and several vocal Amiga fans on
    PLINK) feels that even if a GS+ as described were to appear, it still
    is not a qualified 'Amiga-killer'.  John insinuated that the new
    Bandito is secretly an Apple fan, and would love to stir up thousands
    of Amiga lovers.  
    
    Several parties are working on a Hypercard clone for the Amiga.
                                       
    That's all for now...
    
    Note:  These tidbits are informally compiled from threads on PLINK,
           USENET, and snipits from various Amiga rags.  They are presented
    	   here with no permission whatsoever, and are not intended
    	   to be direct quotes.  You can do as you like with them.
    
    Ed.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1673.1	it's a plot	SAUTER::SAUTER	John Sauter	`Thu Sep 08 1988 20:01`	5
	Dealers won't make much money from the 1.3 upgrades, so I suspect CA will hold off shipping it until shortly before Christmas. The dealers can then use it to attract old customers into the store and try to sell them something. John Sauter
1673.2	Manuals come first?	ELUDOM::RMEYERS	Randy Meyers	`Thu Sep 08 1988 22:00`	8
	> v1.3 may not be shipped until mid-November. This could contradict > earlier reports that Enhancer 1.3 manuals were spotted in Westchester. > Or, there may be some last minute bug squashing. If manual schedules at Commodore work the way they do at DEC, it isn't too unusual for manuals to go to production ahead of software. That is why we provide so many release notes that mention new features not in the manual.
1673.3	APPLE//GS+ vs. AMIGA	GUCCI::HERB	AL	`Thu Sep 08 1988 22:56`	5
	Does the Apple//gs+ run Apple//e and Apple//gs programs? How much will it cost?? M.A.H
1673.4	Half-baked Apple	ELUDOM::RMEYERS	Randy Meyers	`Fri Sep 09 1988 01:47`	10
	Re: .3 >Does the Apple//gs+ run Apple//e and Apple//gs programs? The Apple//gs+ may never exist, but I would expect it to run Apple II and Apple II/GS programs. >How much will it cost?? Too much for what it does. half :-)
1673.5		LEDS::ACCIARDI	Heisenberg may have slept here	`Fri Sep 09 1988 04:40`	19
	There is no such thing as an Apple IIGS Plus. Anything that you read about in the computer press is sheer speculation until the moment that you can go into a store and physically touch it. The rumor is that a IIGS Plus will now have interlaced (400 line) video modes, like the Amiga, and 1 meg of RAM. The memory bank that the Ensonique sound chip uses will be expanded from 64 K to 128 K. Again, this is all sheer rumor. Apple hasn't announced the IIGS Plus. As far as compatibility with Apple IIe software goes, wouldn't it make sense to ask that question in the Apple notes file? I'm sure that there must be at least one person within Digital who actually owns a IIGS. Ed. The rumored price is $2500 with two drives and an RGB monitor.
1673.6	E software on a IIGS????	NEWVAX::FILER		`Fri Sep 09 1988 13:44`	9
	Before I bought my Amiga 500 I looked at the IIGS. I looked like a fairly good system and the salesman said it could/would do almost anything including run ALL E software.(he also mentioned a price tag about $1200 over what I paid for my 500 system) Before I made any decission I asked around the office and one of my co-workers actually bought a IIGS. He took it home and tried his E software on it. He found most of it did not work at all and what did work had problems. He returned the system the next day. Jeff Filer MAA HPS
1673.7	Kickstart/Workbench/Extras V1.3	RAVEN1::EVERHART		`Fri Sep 09 1988 20:07`	9
	This is no rumor, but I went to the 64 store in Atlanta, and they say that they will have V1.3 in November. However, when I asked whether it would actually be V1.3, or V1.4, he didn't seem to know anything about 1.4. So, I'm not too sure how reliable he is. I got the impression that he was new at the store. (But then again, so was I) (By 1.4 and 1.3, I mean the new OS versions) Chris
1673.8	V1.3 by Xmas, V1.4 maybe in your lifetime	NAC::PLOUFF	Beautiful downtown Littleton	`Fri Sep 09 1988 21:04`	6
	On Usenet, the Amiga west coast people are soliciting opinions on what features to put into V1.4 of the OS. That means that it's a l-o-n-g way off, probably a year or more. V1.3, on the other hand, seems to be stuck at killing the last subtle bugs, and has been there for months. Really, version 1.3 Omega 7 ??!!