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From: bartonr@jove.cs.pdx.edu (Robert Barton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Amiga 1000 and 1.4
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Date: 18 Nov 89 04:48:45 GMT
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Reply-To: bartonr@jove.cs.pdx.edu (Robert Barton)
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 davewt@NCoast.ORG (David Wright) writes:
>  A 3rd party has announced a board for the A1000 that will let you use the new
> ECS. Why didn't C= come out with it? Simple. It is not in their best interest.
> A 3rd party can manufacture such a device and make money on it.  For C= the
> whole development would be simply trying to please people who bought a machine
> over 2 years ago, and have not put any more money into their pockets.
 
  Selling them a board would put more money in their pockets than selling them
nothing except for maybe an Enhancer package every 2 or 3 years.  They would
be selling ROMs and Super Agnus chips to people who wouldn't otherwise be
buying them.

 
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