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From: hassell@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Christopher Hassell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: ***** QUESTION: A1000 cheap, or A500 & debt? <sincere questions> ****
Summary: What shood I do?  I am a CS major with nearly-no-money &modem &monitor
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Date: 2 Jun 90 21:29:33 GMT
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Reply-To: hassell@tramp.Colorado.EDU (Christopher Hassell)
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I have a serious question now.  I'm all the more jumpy now that I have heard
the e-discounts are gonna bite it by the 30th.  


I am a SERIOUS UNIX(R) Hacker(TM).  I am even interested in garbling around in
assembly and rewriting the boot-up-ROM schtuff for the FUN of it.  <while trying to keep a semblance of compatibility.  I want to get a decent C compiler..
they write my own.

Nothing speshul.

My main criteria:  Is a 512K A1000 worth it..... 
	given need as a decent terminal/printstation,
		[NEEEED is the key word here, and I suppose it would be easy]
	as a C-compiling machine <for Amiga-PD programs mostly>,
	even as a hackible machine (for adding me own hw... 
		after I've tamed parts of it of course)
	even some multi-tasking fool business?


That is my main set of qwestions.  I posted this to .hardware as well because
that is where I hear the BIG dead-ends are.  Consider as well, I MAY or MAY NOT
have an actual Amiga-Keyboard.  I might have to adapt an IBM <yuk>.

I'm also happy with simply having access to Amiga-quality graphics of any sort.
I'm looking into many things but all the Amigites I know have big chequebooks
and were C= salesmen.  You figger it out 
	("BUY THE 3000 NOW!! YOU GOT IT!! NOTHING ELSE IS TOLERABLE!").

OH ALSO:  UNIX compatibility... as in uucp/nntp or any other connections 
	possible are also a big question mark.  For about $250.


IF the situation is as bad as it seems, I spose I wanna see why.  I am now a
UNIXite who was an avid Apple-fan as many have been.  Amiga is now de way to go
mon.  How bad does it look?  I MAY have about $1000 disposable for this at the 
END of summer, but that is about it.


Thanks for any all and spurious amounts of help.  If someone starts a flame war
over this because of machine-level-loyalty... my sinceremost threats to all 
his pets lives.  Other than that.. sorry if there be offense.

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