Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!ames!pacbell!sactoh0!americ!erk From: erk@americ.UUCP (Erick Parsons) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Wish I had an Amiga 1500 Keywords: good expansion A-1500 A1500 Message-ID: <1078.AA1078@americ> Date: 9 Jul 89 20:55:16 GMT Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga Distribution: na Lines: 38 >easton@aucis.UUCP (Jeff Easton) Message-ID: <446@aucis.UUCP> writes: >>In article , limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) writes: >> This was discussed earlier. The designer (Dave Haynie) posted an >> interesting message where he costed the whole thing out and the >> difference in price was about $50-$100. That's the difference that >> the customer would see. > Ah, but Commodore's marketing group sell a lot of them if they >presented it right. Try this scenario: > > CBM introduces a Amiga 1500. System is a 15" x 15" x 4" system box >with three horizontal Zorro II expansion slots. All the ususal components >found in the B2000 are included on the motherboard. ( A nice option at Right on !! I and probably thousands of others have this same exact system piece mealed together w / subsytems (myself) and too numerous to list other expansion chassis's. IMHO 60% of all Amiga owners would be happily pleased to have 2-3 expansion slots on a STOCK Amiga. The I*M stuff is irrelevant (irreverant) to most Amiga owners and could be done away with completely as far as I'm concerned. I would just as soon buy an I*M compatible (yuch :-( box for the same price as a bridgeboard than spend the x-tra bucks to des- icrate my beautiful Amiga. As it stands right now w/ two expansion slots my box is (again IMHO) purrfect. All that the average user really wants, needs or can somehow afford is: Ram Expansion, Hard Drive.... Baby Boomer talking here Commodore: Instead of reaching for the stars w/ 030 boxes why not fill the niche that is STRONGLY in between the 500 and 2000. I've a feeling that you could easily upgrade A-500 users and attract a large audiance of sens- ible buyers at the same time. But then again what do I know, I am just a stupid customer :-) PS. I would REALLY like to have three slots -- ------------------ // -----------Cut-Here---------------------------------- Erick Parsons // Words for the wise: *If it works don't fix it.* Sacramento Ca // mail to: ...pacbell!sactoh0!americ!erk ------------- \\// --------------------------------------------------------