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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Bridgeboard AT help
Message-ID: <1765@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 3 May 90 13:20:26 GMT
References: <365825@neabbs.UUCP>
Organization: Corpane Industries, Inc., Louisville Ky
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alexhagn@neabbs.UUCP (ALEXANDER HAGEN) writes:

>>My college requires that I own an IBM compatible computer with
>>an 80286 or 80386 processor, 20MEG or higher hard drive, [...]
>>there are three things I can do:
>>  3) Sell my Amiga 500 and buy an Amiga 2000 with a Bridgeboard
>>   AT card and IBM hard drive


>I don't think you can afford option 3!

sure he can. Educational discount has the 2000 with hard drive (which he
can partition for use with IBM (slow) or add in a second IBM hard drive 
(requires a IBM hard drive controller).


>Furthermore, the display of an AT board is very slow! Also, only MDA and
>CGA are available, while most AT's will have EGA or VGA. On the other hand,
>there are student discounts of about 30%.

The AT bridgeboard runs at standard AT speed (it IS an AT!!!) of 6 Mhz.
And CGA is just the built in display (makes it so you can run the AT in
an Amiga window). But there is nothing stopping someone from buying an
IBM video card (VGA, EGA, SuperVGA, TARGA, etc) and using it on the IBM
side (you will need a multisync monitor for that, but then you would anyway
if you bought an IBM with VGA or EGA)

If he was to have to pay full price for the Amiga/IBM-AT package, I would 
agree with you, Go buy a used AT and keep your amiga. But you can't shake a
stick at the educational prices.


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