KW>Ever heard of Gateway 2000 ? South Dakota, fortune 500 ? Just snubbed 
heir
KW>nose at a M/S buyout ?
Yes.  And I did know they had bought it.  They make the, what, 5th
company to own it.  And if they actually get something out the door,
they'll be the first ones since Commie.
KW>Babylon 5 about a space station. Guess what !.. Amigas have a big part in
KW>that.
I am aware of the graphics programs for it.  There are a couple of Amiga
owners around here.  And the local FOX & UPN station(s) use one for
their promotional graphics stuff and the guy that did that was on this
board regularly.
There is still software being written for my old 8 bit CoCo, and a few
'hobbiest' companies still make some hardware for it, but none the less,
the platform itself is dead.  There has even been talk of resurecting it
and doing all sorts of 'neato' things to it.  None of it came to
anything though.  Just like the Amiga.
KW>The specs for the newest Ami would make you drool...
Unlikley.  I don't drool over anything less than a Cray.
KW>Inet.. The last press release showed some specs, not all of where Ami is
KW>headed in hardware, no actual prices yet, but I'd guess still way below
Well.... There have been several previous companies that had big plans
but never actually released any new designs.
I'm aware the Amiga is still popular.  But considering it's off, on,
off, off, on off, off, etc. history.... If it's not dead, its more than
a little close.  I guess you could call it the 'zombie' platform.  (Hey,
that sounds like a catchy name for the next (?) version.  Mention it to
Gateway, they might get a kick out of it.)
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