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- From: jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A1200, SysInfo benchmark tests.
- Message-ID: <DQa+r*kj1@caleb.UUCP>
- Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 18:08:07 GMT
- References: <1992Nov2.173933.26512@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1992Nov2.200802.7834@cs.olemiss.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov2.200802.7834@cs.olemiss.edu>, Skip Sauls writes:
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- > so, but the amount of whining about the A1200 is almost as bad as that about
- > the A4000. What in the world do people expect?
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- The folks on this net expect to get the best, fastest, newest technology in a
- laptop package for under $500 - no, that is too expensive, make that price $1.
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- 68040 at 50 Mhz. (or 100 Mhz Alpha or...)
- fast Gigabyte hard drive (or three)
- CD-ROM jukebox
- DAT
- DSP
- 2048x2048x24 display
- at least 20 Meg ultra fast static RAM
- 8 Meg ultra fast CHIP RAM
- 20 Meg Floptical drive
- 5.25" HD drive
- emulation mode that runs ALL software for ALL computers faster than the original
- computer
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- and free software and hardware updates for life.
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- Oh, yes. Don't forget, we don't want to hear any more silly whining from those
- engineers who keep saying that it is not feasible, costs too much to build, etc.
- Ask MB, he can tell you how to do it!
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- P.S. For the humor impaired... 8^)
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- Jim Pritchett
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