donw@zehntel (Don White) (02/17/90)
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I understand and accept that Commodore is obsoleting the 1000.
I don't LIKE it, but that's life.
BUT, (and this is a big but), this doesn't mean that owners of
the A1000 are completely out in the cold. We have ONE CHANCE to keep
living the good life of the Amiga.
(Thunder and lightning) THIRD PARTY DEVELOPERS and USERS. Right us.
If any of you write software and do not NEED to use more than is
supported by the A1000, please TRY your software on an A1000. Your
customer base could be at least a little larger. Don't get me wrong.
If a new 1.4 feature is needed by your software, I wouldn't stand in the
way of progress. I'm just saying that with a little clean programming
and foresight, your program could probably work on an A1000 also.
I will probably get flamed for being short sighted. So be it.
Someday, I will get a 2000 (or 3000 (or 4000)...) and I will still
keep my old 1000. I LIKE its' look and feel. I LIKE its kickstart on
disk. (VERY VERSATILE. This allowed the amiga to be compatible with old
software by simply switching kickstarts). I LIKE the feeling that the
developers were PROUD enough to put their names in it!!! (Even their dog!)
I always wanted a computer made by creative people given relatively free
rein.
Don White
Box 271177 Concord, CA. 94527-1177
zehntel!donw
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Bottom line - [__] won't forget the A1000. (See, it IS the bottom line!)andrews@cos.com (Andrew R. Scholnick) (02/18/90)
donw@zehntel (Don White) writes: > I understand and accept that Commodore is obsoleting the 1000. > I don't LIKE it, but that's life. > BUT, (and this is a big but), this doesn't mean that owners of > the A1000 are completely out in the cold. We have ONE CHANCE to keep > living the good life of the Amiga. > (Thunder and lightning) THIRD PARTY DEVELOPERS and USERS. Right us. > If any of you write software and do not NEED to use more than is > supported by the A1000, please TRY your software on an A1000. [...lotsa stuff deleted...] In reply to your request, and as a part-time developer of Amiga software, I will make the following offer to any company on the NET which is interested: Send me a confidentiality statement you think protects you sufficiently. Send me source code/object code/whatever... which you have working under 1.3/1.4 & A2000 or higher. Send me a reasonable fee (to be negotiated per-project). And I will port/verify/whatever... your software back to a 1.3 Amiga 1000 (if it is at all possible). I will gladly provide resume and professional references upon request. I can be contacted by return email or at amicc!Andrew@cos.cos.com. Or I can be contacted by USNail at: Andrew R. Scholnick The Computer Club Company 13013 Lee-Jackson Highway, Suite 142 Fairfax, VA 22033-3113 Or I can be contacted by telephone at: (703) 968-7588 (leave a message on the machine if it answers.) Maybe some other part-time Amiga developers will make this offer too... ARS. -- - Andrew R. Scholnick @ Corp. for Open Systems, McLean, VA -- andrews@cos.com - {uunet, sundc, decuac}!cos!andrews -- Everything I write blame on me, NOT -- my employer. - "Adventure is when you toss your life on the scales of -- chance and wait for the pointer to stop." - M. Leinster (First Contact)