| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 2 Aug 2001 at 16:28:44 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga Inc's AmiWest Statement is here.... |
Alan Buxey said,
>> I'm surprised that Amithlon generated so little discussion here, and now
>> that people are talking about it, it's only to pick holes in the words
>> used to announce it.
> ..perhaps the lack of 'enthusiasm' is because very very few progra,s that
> people use seriously on their Amiga are so system friendly. Its more a
> Draco emulator than an Amiga emulator.
Lots of productivity software runs in such an environment. Gamers would
be better of with UAE.
> Anyone with more sense than money
> would be better off buying a little A1200/030 setup for 200 ukp to do all
> their Amiga stuff than use a >600 ukp PC
Apart from the minor fact that £200 is a lot more than Amithlon will
cost, it would run a hell of a lot faster on even an outdated PC than a
1200/030, not to mention the vastly superior display.
> UAE is still the better option for PC people to have a nearly-full Amiga
> emulation.
Except it's dog slow, although the JIT stuff and a GHz processor helps.
> this 'AmiThlon' (horrible name by the way!)
I agree with that. fortunately the announcement states this is a
codename. I expect AMD would be less than impressed with a release
product using such a name.
Cheers
Neil
Normal people believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers
believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet."
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