Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hplabsz!dleigh From: dleigh@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM (Darren Leigh) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Wish I had an Amiga 1500 Summary: corporate buying specs Message-ID: <3584@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM> Date: 11 Jul 89 18:21:27 GMT References: <20219@cup.portal.com> <727@bnr-fos.UUCP> Reply-To: dleigh@hplabs.UUCP (Darren Leigh) Organization: National Cholesterol Board Lines: 28 In article <727@bnr-fos.UUCP> protcoop@bnr-public.UUCP (Co-op Student) writes: > >Yes, but is that "save $200 and get extra Amiga slots where the IBM ones >used to be"? If so, I'll take it. What the heck good do IBM slots do >someone who only wants an Amiga? All they do is make him wish they were >REAL slots and curse C= . >------------------------ >Alan W. McKay | My opinions are mine, yours are yours. | Eat Food | >NEPEAN, Ont. | I in no way pretend to represent the | and | >613-763-8980 | the options of my employer. So there. | LIVE !! | What the heck good do IBM slots do for someone who only wants an Amiga?? They sell more Amigas so that more software, hardware and support is available for the Amiga-only user. When large companies or the government buy computers they have a long list of capabilities that the computers must be able to do (either as is or with apropriate options). PeeCee compatibility is a pretty common thing to see for microcomputers. Puting in those PC slots was a very wise decision on C-A's part. The slots are cheap, they don't displace any Amiga slots and they allow the Amiga to break into the corporate and government environments. What's more, someday someone will build a dumb bridgeboard which will allow those of us who hate PC's but love cheap PC hardware to use the cheap stuff on a real microcomputer. ======== Darren Leigh Internet: dleigh@hplabs.hp.com UUCP: hplabs!dleigh