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From: GINGRICH-T@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Tyler S. Gingrich)
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Subject: Amiga 500
Keywords: 500
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Date: 6 Jun 90 15:30:07 GMT
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I have a friend who is interested in purchasing an Amiga 500 ($799 w/
educational discount (2FD, 1084? monitor, 1Mb Ram).  He asked me a few
questions which I would like to pass on to the Amiga experts on the Net. (I am a PC, Mac, Atari ST, Unix person).

1) Is this price $799 a good deal?  (subjectively)

2) What does a reasonable HDD cost (20-40Mb open market or edu discount)?

3) What is the resolution & color palette of the 500 w/1084 monitor?

4) How expandable is it? (How many HDD (SCSI??), How much RAM?)

5) What type of printers will it support?  (Centronics Parallel?)

6) What type of printer would you suggest, if it doesn't
support Industry standard printers?  Cost is more significant than performance.

Thanks

Tyler

Disclaimer: The Ohio State University doesn't know (or care) about my opinions
and neither should you!