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- From: hgm@ncsu.edu (Hal G. Meeks)
- Subject: Re: Betting on an A1800
- Message-ID: <hgm.722264960@news.ncsu.edu>
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- Organization: North Carolina State University
- References: <1992Nov18.212806.12676@nynexst.com> <1992Nov20.001050.5129@pro-freedom.cts.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 13:09:20 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- eeb@pro-freedom.cts.com (Ed Brown) writes:
- >>hgm@ncsu.edu writes:
- >> The 3000 is dead (check out Creative Computer's ad in AmigaWorld).
-
- >That's about the flimsiest information one could get upon which to base a
- >completely preposterous and highly speculative comment such as this. Of
- >course, we've been told for the last 8-9 years that the C-64 "was dead"...
- >funny how CBM keeps right on selling those "dead" machines. I would think
- >that my A3000 was at least as good as a C-64... and will continue to be so
- >for several more years to come.
-
- I'm using the term "dead" in the sense that C-A will not be making any more
- of these very soon. I seriously doubt this will cause my (or your's) A3000
- to suddenly cease to work. I am simply reading the handwriting on the wall.
-
- Think about it -- why in the world would anyone buying a new Amiga want a
- 3000, when for about $500.00 more, you may be able to buy a 4000/30 with the
- latest and greatest Amiga chipset?
-
- Yes, the 4000/30 isn't a real machine, and there is no advertised price for
- it. But there is enough evidence to support that it _does_ exist, and the
- price that I quoted would be right in line with C-A's usual pricing
- structure.
-
- C-A will need a mid-level AGA machine to flesh out their line. I know that
- everyone wants them to make a "pizza-box" with one or two card slots, and a
- detachable keyboard. And it better not cost a lot. Hmmmmm....perhaps $1400?
-
- 4000/40 -- 68040, AGA, IDE w/120meg HD, 5 slots -- $3200.00
- 4000/30 -- 68030, AGA, IDE w/120meg HD, 5 slots -- $2200.00
- 1800 -- 68030, AGA, IDE, 2 slots -- $1400.00
- 1200 -- 68020, AGA, IDE, 32bit bay -- $ 700.00
-
- Okay....so we are looking at $800 for 3 slots and a HD. Wow. What a deal.
- They _could_ replace the '30 with an '20 though. This is a possibilty.
-
- --hal
- --
- hgm@ncsu.edu "Office Buildings are our Pyramids."
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