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From: ianr@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Ian ROWLANDS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Why BridgeBoards are so popular
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Date: 7 Jun 90 14:08:27 GMT
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Reply-To: ianr@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Ian ROWLANDS)
Organization: Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Melbourne
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	After ringing some of the dealers around, I can now say why the XT
and AT bridgeboards are so popular.

	I have been ringing around, for a friend in the country (where prices
are $400 dearer), about an A200 system consisting of A2000, 2Mb ram, and 45Mb
hard disk. At least half the dealers ask 'do you want a bridgeboard as well?'.
The reason - it's the same price to put the HD on the bridgeboard as to get
a HD and controller for the Amiga. Don't know about anybody else, but this
seems crazy to me.

	Anybody else with similar experiences?

				Ian

Ian Rowlands                      | ianr@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au (main)
Dept. of Electrical Engineering,  | ianr@gondwana.ecr.mu.oz.au
 (including Computer Science)     | ianr@munmurra.cs.mu.oz.au (to 7/90)
University of Melbourne           | (How can you have a funny quote in only 4 li