Conference hydra::amiga_v1

    
    There may be some software product that allows an Apple IIGS to read
    and write Amiga floppy disks.
    
    > CBM applied eng. has supplied him with a proto type
    
    Who are these people?  Do you mean Applied Engineering?  They build
    hardware add-ons for the Apple II line.  I would be astonished if they
    were able to crunch an entire 16 bit Amiga onto a Apple 8-bit expansion
    card.
    
    I would also be astonished if even a roomful of IIGSs could emulate
    the necessary Amiga system routines that are implemented in hardware.
    
    My guess is that you encountered some deranged Apple person who was
    having some sort of fit.
    
    Ed.

    The guy I talked to said it was CBM that they talked to.he was shopping
    for a 2000 when I first talked to him,but could not afford it. The
    person he is working on this with runs a hardware development shop,and
    called CBM.I was told they sent a module that plugged into a IIgs
    slot. I am inclined to agree with you,I only know what I was told.I
    talked to this person,and was there when he purchased the drive.He
    took it knowing he would not be able to return it. I asked him to
    keep me posted on how things were going.I was given the impression
    that the"applied eng" was a CBM development group for advanced
    development. Well time will tell.
    								bill

Re: .0

This story sounds too bizarre to be true.  I'm not saying its not true,
but I would almost have to see the machine personally before believing
the story.

If Commodore is doing something like this, it's the stupidest marketing
mistake that they could make.  They should be trying to sell Amiga (full
Amigas), and not legitimize the Apple II GS (a slow, over-priced
machine with still a poor software base of native software).

Copperman has stated that me was thinking of discontinuing practice
of selling OEMs Amigas on a board because it lost prestige for Commodore.
If setting an Amiga 500 sans case, power supply, and floppy to someone
who makes video information kiosks is a bad idea, then selling Amiga
on a board for the IIGS is truly dreadful.

    I like it!  I was getting depressed after that note about the NAMM
    music show, when something like this comes up... not even the Bandito
    in one of his more creative days could come up with that idea.
    (or did he?)
    
    But since he actually bought the drive and claims to have software
    running on the board... it sounds like CBM might be providing a migration
    path for Apple's 8bit user base for when Apple decides to ditch
    the GS in favor of a low cost color Mac.  I can see it now - for
    the price of an A500, you too can buy a board to plug into your
    ][GS :-)  (I'm still waiting for the cost of the AT bridgeboard
    to drop below the price of a full AT clone with monitor).
    
    Hmmm... you don't suppose this could be CBM's revenge for that "buy
    an Apple for the local schools" program that is running in the stores?
    I saw in Stop&Shop and Bradlees, it's even printed on the sales
    slips.  Really sleazy marketing in my opinion.
    
    -Dave

    
    I'll wager anything that someone was/is pulling someone's leg.
    
    If it WERE possible to put an Amiga chipset on a tiny card and
    interface it to an 8 bit slot with an alien CPU, don't you think that
    CBM would have marketed a PC/AT version long ago as a 'Multimedia
    Expansion Module' and go after an installed base of zillions rather
    than a pathetic handful of GSs?
    
    Ed.
    
    

    re .5
    Depends on which installed base you want to penetrate.  Look at all the
    Apple II's and GS's in the school systems.  They might want an
    alternative upgrade path so that the older systems could run the same
    software as the Amiga's CBM wants to move into the schools.
    
    dennis
    

    Re: .4
    
>    Hmmm... you don't suppose this could be CBM's revenge for that "buy
>    an Apple for the local schools" program that is running in the stores?
>    I saw in Stop&Shop and Bradlees, it's even printed on the sales
>    slips.  Really sleazy marketing in my opinion.

    Re: Apples for the Students campaign

    My daughters' elementary school has been collecting Stop & Shop/Bradlees
    receipts for some time now. This campaign will soon be ending (thankfully).
    Do you realize it requires $90K of receipts to acquire one stinkin' IIgs?? 
    $90K!!! Our town only has 30,000 residents, the school only has a few 
    hundred students. No way could the families of a few hundred students 
    amass $90K worth of receipts in the time period given for this campaign.

    The school has collected less than $40K so far which doesn't even qualify 
    them for an ImageWriter (needs $45K). They'll most likely get a copy of 
    Appleworks or Printworks or some such piece of s/w for all the effort 
    they've expended in collecting all these receipts.

    A few weeks back Ms. Apple visited all the classrooms to give pep talks 
    about collecting receipts. She asked the students how many had computers 
    at home. My daughter raised her hand. Ms. Apple proceeded to go around 
    the room asking each student what type of computer they owned. My daughter 
    lowered her hand before Ms. Apple got to her because she "didn't want to 
    get Ms. Apple mad at her because she was the only one in her class that 
    owned an Amiga". Sigh... A chance to gloat a little about her Amiga and 
    she chickened out ;-}. What's a father to do?

    BTW, I'm still trying to convince the school that for every IIgs they
    buy, they could buy 2 Amiga 500s.

						    -Dom