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From: ggibeau@ucqais.uc.edu (George Gibeau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Obese Agnus in 1000
Summary: why upgrade A1000
Keywords: Idea bites the dust
Message-ID: <1767@ucqais.uc.edu>
Date: 2 Aug 89 21:28:14 GMT
References: <1765@ucqais.uc.edu> <11359@mcdphx.phx.mcd.mot.com>
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In article <11359@mcdphx.phx.mcd.mot.com>, dbk@teroach.UUCP (Dave Kinzer) writes:
> 
> I had great hopes until
> In article <1765@ucqais.uc.edu> ggibeau@ucqais.uc.edu (George Gibeau) writes:
>  
> :Talked to Greg Tibbs yesterday and he said the Obese Agnus for the
> :A1000 should be ready in about 60-90 days.  He is going with
> :a commercial product, and the price should be around $600 for
> :a fully populated board (Agnus, 1 meg memory, clock, etc..).
> 
>    For $600 why would I buy this instead of an A500 with warrenty, dealer
> support, etc.  Doesn't make sense.
> 
> Dave Kinzer  (602)897-3085  asuvax!mcdphx!teroach!dbk  Opinions are mine. \X/

What if you are a developer who owns many $$$$$$'s of peripherals that
hook to the 1000, but will not be compatible with the 500/2000?  Do you
try to sell the stuff and hope to recoup a small fraction of the original
costs? or do you buy a 500/2000 and have to start over again??  While
the Rejuvinator project is certainly not for everybody, I can certainly
see a niche for it.

(again the disclaimer) - I am a friend of Greg Tibbs and about to start working
at the store where the board will be distributed from - however at the
moment, I am still a happy (albeit poor) graduate student :-).

Regards,

George
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