ugmiker@sunybcs.UUCP (04/01/87)
In article <1279@sfsup.UUCP> perry@sfsup.UUCP writes: > >Re: MMU > >The responses we've gotten so far indicate that people would like to have the >option of putting an MMU on our 20X and 20XI. Nearly everyone recognized from >the start that the MMU could not take advantage of future AmigaDOS changes by >CBM since they will be working with their own proprietary MMU design and thus >any code they develop will not be portable to a standard MMU ASDG or any >other third party could provide. > ----NOW, why in the world would commodore want to build such a beast that would ----only seem to alienate more of the hardware and software developers for the ----Amiga line(oh, it is nice to have a whole line of computers to talk about). ----Why doesn't commodore work with some of it's main hardware developers(perry) ----and decide on a standard. Now I know each person has a different idea of ----what a standard is, but why (except if you want to kill your company) would ----you design something that would hamper the third party expansion products ----of your computer. Maybe I am just thinking of the consumer, but with more ----companies building more products for a computer, that computer becomes a ----better investment. But does commodore want to be the only company building ----expansion boxes for the amigas ???? If they do, they won't be helping thier ----own cause. >Most people's desire to have an MMU option on the 20XI stem's from their de- >sire not to close off options should some entity actually port a larger o.s. >to the 20X series. If the MMU option is there, people feel some unkown party >will not be able to resist the temptation of porting some larger o.s. to the >Amiga at some future time. (a sort of chicken before the egg dealie true but >the rational is that if the MMU option is there, someone will ultimately use >it). > ----Is this what commodore is afraid of ??? Another company making a buck ?? ----I would think that having some other company porting operating systems to ----the amiga would be a plus for commodore, not a minus... More reasons to ----buy the machine. >(is convergent technologies or unisoft listening?) > >Perry Kivolowitz perry, as soon as I have the time to install the ram disk, I will send you the cash, but until then, the code is just sitting around gathering dust, as a student, I have no timeto do anything....ooooops, I am late got to go to class. mike(r) ================================================================================ Mike Reilly // ---- ------ // U U BBBBBB University of Buffalo Computer Science AMIGA// U U B B ---------- -- ------- -------- ------- \\// U U BBBBBB csnet: ugmiker@buffalo.CSNET \/ U U B B uucp: ..!{nike|watmath,alegra,decvax}!sunybcs!ugmiker UUUUUU BBBBBB BITNET: ugmiker@sunybcs.BITNET, v107ln7z@ubvmsa.bitnet ================================================================================