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From: swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A3000 case (Was Re: A3000 disk slots)
Message-ID: <102035@convex.convex.com>
Date: 4 May 90 23:52:21 GMT
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In article <338@ncc1701.sub.org> space@ncc1701.sub.org (Lars Soltau) writes:
>Can you give me one good reason why you didn't put the A3000 in a good,
>professional tower case? With enough room for my full-height SCSI drive,
>currently sitting on top of my A2000, which in turn is mounted beneath the
>desk, on its side. With enough slots to please everyone. With nothing
>consuming space on my already cluttered desktop but the keyboard, the monitor
>and the mouse. With the fan and the drive making their noise beneath the desk,
>where it doesn't bother anyone. Shall I continue?

How about...   
               .... < $4000 for the top of the line model? (more sales)

How about...
               ... modular backplane so a tower configuration
                   could use the same motherboard...

How about...
               ...focusing resources to make a deadline sometimes
                  means you get the baseline out the door, then
                  worry about things like this tower config. later
                  (just my guess, plus rumors that a tower is
                  in the works).

...shall I continue?

PS - you can't please everyone all the time, especially right at
     the introduction of a new product.  Maybe they were trying
     to please as many as they can, and most people don't have a
     need, nor want to pay for, more than four slots.  That doesn't
     at all preclude a follow-on with more slots.

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--Steve      DISCLAIMER: All opinions are my own (I don't speak for Convex)
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