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To: BillyG who wrote (37784)	12/12/1998 2:59:00 PM
From: J Fieb	Respond to of 50808

BillyG, It's been quite a while since Gateway bought what was left of Amiga.. techweb.com the old OS was going to be redone for potential set top use..... news.com indicated that Amiga's future lay in a consumer electronics-computer "convergence" The faithful Amiga fans out there talk about its chances.. > Yes, that's all well and good, but in all honesty don't you think >> that Amiga Inc. may have missed the boat already? >> >> Desktop boxes are already on sale by other computer manufacturers, I >> hope I am wrong, but what makes AI think that people will buy Amiga >>Set top boxes over the existing ones, let alone part with more money for >>a new box when they have just recently bought one. >> >> Take the Digital TV revolotion that is about to happen here in the >> UK. Set top boxes will be widely available from Christmas 1998. >> The new Amiga NG will not be around until at the very earliest 3rd >> Qtr 1999. I can't see Joe Bloggs ditching a set top box that is less than one >> year old. - Unless the Amiga STB really kicks bottoms ;) > >I'm not sure how STBs are handled in the UK, but here in the USA, most >people will have no need to buy one, because it will be provided as >part of their cable service. For example, my service provided a General >Instruments STB that is basically a piece of crap, but I'm stuck with >it. So far as I know, I can't just buy another STB and plug it in and >hope to have it work. I think what you are describing is a cable TV decoder used to permit the viewing of scrambled cable channels (HBO, Showtime etc). Not the same thing as the STB being discussed. product. .......If gateway is going to do anything with this technology they better get moving