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In article <4j3ppp$ioi@newsbf02.news.aol.com> peteroo@aol.com (Peteroo) writes:
> :-- I have an '030 design accelerator Design for the CD32.  I have not
> :built it for a variety of reasons....  It is based on the M1230XA,
> :which I also did.... In all praticality... how many people would want
> :such a thing?
> 
> You have a point, and you'd probably still have a point even if this
> machine was still a live issue in the marketplace. Peripherals of any sort
> have had little impact on the Amiga game market (apart from hard disks);
> the low end drives the market. 
> 
So you think that Breathless, XTR, AB3D (1 and 2), Fears, Gloom (& Deluxe),
Sim City 2000 and Dungeon Master would all exist without accelerated Amigas?

> However, if Escom releases an 030-based A1200 with a built-in CD-ROM
> drive, as has been reported/speculated, and the game companies respond
> (this is the key), I can imagine a 100,000 or so CD32 users who might like
> a way to upgrade their machines to the same level. :-> 

Reported.  Check out http://www.amiga.de/gb/index.html and look at their
press release about the Walker (read 'Hoover').
4x CD-ROM, 40Mhz 68(EC?)030, 5Mb RAM etc. etc.


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