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From: moster@iris.ucdavis.edu (Richard Moster)
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Subject: Re: Amiga 1000 and 1.4
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Date: 9 Nov 89 00:08:36 GMT
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In article <1275@rodan.acs.syr.edu> dkanthar@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Devaprasad Kantharaj) writes:

>By the way, your Amiga 1000 is officially not supported anymore. That means
>you won't get a new kickstart disk although you can buy the new workbench 1.4
>when it comes out. The new Extended Chip Set will not work with the 1000 either
>although if you really want to hang on to it, a third party supplier will sell
>a whole new motherboard that will support the 1000 for $700. This motherboard
>will also include a video slot compatible with that of the 2000.

IS THIS FOR REAL??!!??  Does this mean that I won't be able to run 1.4
on my 1000 without buying new hardware??  If this is true, then I'm
going to feel betrayed and abandoned by Commodore.... 

Richard Moster