RR> make it a "Jag-puter" in the first place, they would have sold a lot
 RR> more.  A lot of the STers would have bought them, I think.  What would
 RR> they have needed to put in there, in your opinion?  I assume a 68030, a
 RR> port for a keyboard, and a modified TOS on rom (and a slot suitable for

 Well, I mentioned my wish-list awhile back, so I guess JGT will drag
 out his dead horse and accuse me of beating it, but here goes ...

 The Jag CD-ROM drive aready has some sort of IO control capability,
 as does Jerry.  I think a simple SCSI controller could be adapted
 with minimal hardware.  With 3D0's M2 and BeBox both supporting low
 cost PPC chips, I think it would be safe to bet that a PPC would work
 well instead of the 68K for a true computer.  For a low-end pseudo-puter,
 they could have gone with the 68020 without hurting the cost too much.
 And, of course, a bit more RAM.

 Actually, I'm more into the idea of a VME card for the TT030 that has
 the Jag chips on it for sound, video, and DSP/GPU processing.  You
 maybe keep the RAM, maybe drop it for lower cost, drop the 68K, add
 the controlls necessary to fit it onto a VME bus card and then 
 write drivers for the TT030 and maybe write a SUN driver!  Then you
 get a good developement platform as well.

 The Jag is really a nice machine.  It would take a bit to make it
 work as a real computer, although it would make a decent pseudo-computer.
 I just don't think that low-end computers like that have a market.
 There would be a market for VME (or PCI!) versions of the Jag on a
 card - especially if they increase the clock rates on those chips
 a bit!

 BTW, Primal Rage on the Jag is disappointing to say the least.



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