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From: higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Questions on AT Bridgeboard
Message-ID: <8908200950.AA15320@jade.berkeley.edu>
Date: 8 Aug 89 13:17:37 GMT
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In article <30153@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> frerking@grapenuts.llnl.gov (Chris Frerki
ng) writes:
$I have recently had the misfortune of being told that I need to have a PC
$compatable computer. I currently own an A2500, and would like information
$on the AT Bridgeboard (I need a 286 or 386 machine). Specifically:
$
$1. Would it be cheaper to just buy an inexpensive AT clone? (I would
$prefer the Bridgeboard, as I haven't lots of desk space... but if the price
$difference were too great, I could find some space.)

>It's tough to find an AT clone for less than the price of our Bridgeboard.
>You MIGHT be able to, but generally the cheap clones are the large footprint
>models (read "huge').

$2. Does the AT Bridgeboard cause any problems on the A2500? Is there certain
$software that won't run/hardware that won't work if the Bridgeboard is
$installed?


>If you will be doing the majority of your work under MS-DOS, you might just
>as well get a real PC, like our PC40, which is an excellent AT compatible,
>with small footprint, VGA graphics, fast 40Mb hard drive, etc.

I own an Amiga 1000, but I have to work with COmpaq pc's all on a Novell
LAN , where I work.  I would like to suggest that if this person ever hopes of
expanding a pc-clone system beyond simple MS-DOS applications, for example, if
he forsees a need for more than 1 meg RAM, or if he would like to multi-task on
a pc-system, he should consider buying a cheap 80386 or 80386sx pc.





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