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From: mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Mike Smithwick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga 3000 Ad
Message-ID: <48757@ames.arc.nasa.gov>
Date: 6 May 90 03:59:58 GMT
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In article <1447@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) writes:
<In <1990Apr26.072932.1346@csuchico.edu>, murphyd@csuchico.edu (Dave Murphy) writes:
<>Wednesday 25, 1990:
<>
<>The ad states that the 3000 has a smaller foot print.  In picture
<>they show the mouse leaning up against the base the the mouse
<>looks HUGE.  The case is TOTALLY diferent and looks like it might
<>be plastic.
<
<>The ad also mentions EIGHT custom chips and AmigaDOS 2.0.  I guess
<>AmigaWorld is right and Commodore has dumped the Old way of bringing
<>out Revision in favor of the MS-DOS style.
<
<The case height is (eyeballing it), about 1.5" shorter than the A2000, and
<the width is about 4" narrower. Depth front to back is about the same as the
<

The case is 14.5 inches wide by 15.5 inches deep by 4.625 inches high. In
otherwords, the case is the same width as your 1080 monitor. Now go and
figure out what you're going to do with all of that extra deskspace :-)

The case is metal, BTW. Except for the molded front section.


                                                      *** mike smithwick ***
"This is a tale of sex, lies and junkfood" - Twin Peaks

[disclaimer : nope, I don't work for NASA, I take full blame for my ideas]