Amiga Survey

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                               Amiga Survey
  Wojciech Czyz                                    wojcz@ue.eti.pg.gda.pl
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Please send this file to as many person as you can.  Please post it on
Internet discussions, WWW pages, Email it to your Amiga friends.  Please
help me!!!! 

I am interested in creating new Amiga family, used mainly in industry and
special applications.  This family will have several boards, equipped with
Motorola MC63xxx microcontroller, memory, modified Amiga OS and connections
for different devices. 

Amiga OS is very good in industrial applications, and I hope that such
usage will help all Amigas to build up their better image.  This will be
first Amiga hardware/cloning experiment, in future we want to produce Amiga
boards for "normal" users. 

Please fill this questionnaire and send on Email address:

    wojcz@ue.eti.pg.gda.pl
    or
    wojcz@mug4.gumbeers.elka.pg.gda.pl

Place X in answers, always use only one answer.  DO NOT write any comments,
you will have space at the and of this questionnaire

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I General questions.

1) Should Amiga OS be ported to other platforms
   ( )Yes.
   ( )No.

2) What kind of porting should be used:
   ( ) Full porting, requiring changes in existing software to run
       properly.
   ( ) Emulation, running nearly all existing software, but being
       ineffective.

3) Should Amiga processor be changed:
   ( ) Yes, in all future models.
   ( ) Yes, in some models.
   ( ) No. Only MC68xxx family should be used.

4) Should Amiga be produced as separate hardware platform in future:
   ( ) Yes.
   ( ) Yes, some models.
   ( ) No. OS and software should be completely ported.

5) Should Amiga use open architecture with slots:
   ( ) Yes.
   ( ) Yes, some models.
   ( ) No.

6) What standard slots should Amiga use:
   ( )PCI
   ( )ZorroIII
   ( )Modified ZorroIII
   ( )EISA
   ( )Other

7) Should Amiga hardware be produced by different vendors:
   ( )Yes.
   ( )No.

8) Should Amiga OS still be placed on ROM:
   ( )Yes.
   ( )No.

II Custom Amiga applications questions.

9) Should Amiga OS be used in industrial field:
   ( )Yes.
   ( )No.

10) Do you see any advantages coming from Amiga OS usage in industry
applications for normal Amiga community (users and developers):
   ( )Yes.
   ( )No.

III Cloning Amiga.

11) Should there be Amiga clone with only CPU, minimal OS and slots on
board, able to fit into standard PC case:
   ( )Yes.
   ( )No.

12) Should there be "Amiga" with only slots and minimal OS on board.  (CPU
boards as add on):
   ( )Yes.
   ( )No.

13) Would you be interested in buying and using of above Amigas
   ( )Yes.
   ( )No.

IV Comment and text question - very valuable!!!

14) What Amiga would you buy:
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15) What interesting application could would you propose for custom Amiga 
with only CPU, Amiga OS and peripherals for control, sensing and others: 
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16) What are advantages of Amiga OS:
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17) What are advantages of Amiga software:
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18) Who may be interested in using custom (industrial) Amigas:
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19) Who may be interested in developing custom Amigas:
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20) Do you know anything about Motorola MC63xxx microcontrollers used in
industrial Amigas:
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21) Do you have any other comments:
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Thank you,
Wojciech Czyz (wojcz).
wojcz@ue.eti.pg.gda.pl
wojcz@gumbeers.elka.pg.gda.pl

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