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- From: root@rkamiga.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Betting on an A1800
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <root.02yl@rkamiga.UUCP>
- References: <1992Nov18.212806.12676@nynexst.com> <1992Nov20.001050.5129@pro-freedom.cts.com> <hgm.722264960@news.ncsu.edu>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 18:02:20 EST
- Organization: Rick's Amiga
- Lines: 34
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- In article <hgm.722264960@news.ncsu.edu> hgm@ncsu.edu (Hal G. Meeks) writes:
- >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?
-
- If one is in the market to buy a Motorola based UNIX system, the only systems
- that Commodore can offer are:
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- A2000 with 2630 ( they don't sell the 2620 anymore )
- A3000
- A3000T
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- They will need to do a port to put it on the A4000.
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