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From:Domagoj Ozanic
Date:18 Aug 2000 at 12:59:24
Subject:Re: G3 & CGFX

Hello Alan

On 14-Aug-00, you wrote:

> hi,
>
>> When do you think there will be one, and btw: why the heck do Met@box use
>> G3, that pile of slow shit, G4... now that's better but not good
>> enough... A G4 macintosh ain't really fast, but maybe that's just because
>> of the weird OS..
>
> G3 slow? G4 aint really fast? have you actually used those CPUs with a
> half-decent Operating system? ;-)
>
>> And prolly if ever comes out, cost like hell and be outdated... just like
>> the BVision, ooooooooooold chip already when they started planning it...
>
> i thought they'd planned on using an ATI Rage128 on the Met@Box addon ?
>
>> Well, powerc has told me they will ship the Mediator, I bought, to me
>> within the two first weeks of August, which have just ended, so if they
>> were right (It's Amiga we're talking about, so I dont think they were
>> right. I have *never* seen a scedule that was followed for Amiga
>> Hardware) I should get it one of the next days...
>
> when these cmpanies state a date, add at least 2 months onto it!

And after that at least 5+ "two weeks more delay" :-)



Domagoj Ozanic (domagoj.ozanic@zg.tel.hr)
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