QNX are now dealing with Phase 5 and the Power up project to produce a new system that is compatable with the CASSIC amiga but probably not the NEW unless IBM make one heal off a PPC chip that can cope with emulating the new chips that Amiga intend on using.
As for the Canadian theme you`ve all got too much of an atlantic twang for me, but I don`t care as long as it gets my amiga back !!!!!!
If you don`t like the Canadian thing then dont buy one and that goes for anyone else who is whining out there (sorry but I've taken as much as I can stand and this British worm is for turnning!!)
Anyway back to reality.... I'm sure it`ll b a nice ride, heck it can't getr any worse!!! So it you've got the guts join the Amiga ride.. otherwise you can be a girly woose and go on the M$ kiddy (read safe) one instead
Never rule out the impossible!! Amiga talked to alot of hardware companies before deciding on their 'technology partners'and if they feel that this next gen technology is good then I think that we should trust them,or at least wait and see. Anyway if previous statements are to be beleived the graphics card will get a big helping had from the CPU opps sorry the multimedia chip come CPU, and as I've said before its the system as a whoel thats important not any one part. Amiga have alwayus been good at getting the most from the hardware they use and I have no doubt that they will not stop now!!! But if you really feel strongly about not butinh ATI then don't buy an Amiga NG, but don`t come cryiong to me if your the last kid on the block as it were!!!
Check out www.amiga.org as they might have an opening if not go to WWW.CUCUG.ORG and check out the amiga page. The Amiga community are always willing to embrace another programmer and pretty soon you should be able to play with workbench (the Amigas current OS)! I know that this isn`t as exciting as a paid job but the Amiga community is even stonger than the linux one (yep it is possible).
AMIGA BAVCK FOR THE FUTURE AND NOW ITS THE TIME TO KICK ASS. GET ON BORD OR BE CRUSHED!!!! (you`ve been warned M$)
I think that discussing the hardware is only part of the real story here and to do so solely is to miss the whole point of the advance that is being made.
1) The use of the term OE is deliberate as the the new OE will be a `virtual` environment for one or many networked computers be that by ethernet, internet or by one of the new high speed net works Amiga are looking at.
2)The tech detail for amy of the new machine are widely irrelevant as Amiga I think are going to licence there technology anyway so new and higher speced machines will come out and anyway with the OE running then any one computer within the nextwork will be able to access any of the cards attached to any comnputer in the network be that a PC or silicon graphics as long as they can run the OE and are connected you can use them!
3)The oe will handle all of these connections automatical.
Now that's what I call inovation! People really must see beyond MIPS and Polygons these days that like saying a Linux Machine running on an P2 450 is inferior to a P3 of the same speed running window. Hardware wise thats true but we all know what a difference an OS or `OE` can Make!!!!!
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QNX are now dealing with Phase 5 and the Power up project to produce a new system that is compatable with the CASSIC amiga but probably not the NEW unless IBM make one heal off a PPC chip that can cope with emulating the new chips that Amiga intend on using.
.... I'm sure it`ll b a nice ride, heck it can't getr any worse!!! So it you've got the guts join the Amiga ride.. otherwise you can be a girly woose and go on the M$ kiddy (read safe) one instead
As for the Canadian theme you`ve all got too much of an atlantic twang for me, but I don`t care as long as it gets my amiga back !!!!!!
If you don`t like the Canadian thing then dont buy one and that goes for anyone else who is whining out there (sorry but I've taken as much as I can stand and this British worm is for turnning!!)
Anyway back to reality
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Back to the future with AMIGA!!!!
Never rule out the impossible!! Amiga talked to alot of hardware companies before deciding on their 'technology partners'and if they feel that this next gen technology is good then I think that we should trust them,or at least wait and see. Anyway if previous statements are to be beleived the graphics card will get a big helping had from the CPU opps sorry the multimedia chip come CPU, and as I've said before its the system as a whoel thats important not any one part. Amiga have alwayus been good at getting the most from the hardware they use and I have no doubt that they will not stop now!!! But if you really feel strongly about not butinh ATI then don't buy an Amiga NG, but don`t come cryiong to me if your the last kid on the block as it were!!!
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Check out www.amiga.org as they might have an opening if not go to WWW.CUCUG.ORG and check out the amiga page. The Amiga community are always willing to embrace another programmer and pretty soon you should be able to play with workbench (the Amigas current OS)! I know that this isn`t as exciting as a paid job but the Amiga community is even stonger than the linux one (yep it is possible).
AMIGA BAVCK FOR THE FUTURE AND NOW ITS THE TIME TO KICK ASS. GET ON BORD OR BE CRUSHED!!!! (you`ve been warned M$)
I think that discussing the hardware is only part of the real story here and to do so solely is to miss the whole point of the advance that is being made.
1) The use of the term OE is deliberate as the the new OE will be a `virtual` environment for one or many networked computers be that by ethernet, internet or by one of the new high speed net works Amiga are looking at.
2)The tech detail for amy of the new machine are widely irrelevant as Amiga I think are going to licence there technology anyway so new and higher speced machines will come out and anyway with the OE running then any one computer within the nextwork will be able to access any of the cards attached to any comnputer in the network be that a PC or silicon graphics as long as they can run the OE and are connected you can use them!
3)The oe will handle all of these connections automatical.
Now that's what I call inovation! People really must see beyond MIPS and Polygons these days that like saying a Linux Machine running on an P2 450 is inferior to a P3 of the same speed running window. Hardware wise thats true but we all know what a difference an OS or `OE` can Make!!!!!
Spence