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From: barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: There oughta be a law...!
Message-ID: <5726@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 2 Jul 90 19:26:30 GMT
References: <25562@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Reply-To: barrett@jhunix.UUCP (Dan Barrett)
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In article <25562@unix.cis.pitt.edu> mpmst1@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (metlay) writes:
>2. Is it possible to buy a naked Amiga 500 on an educational discount, or
>must one buy a package? If all I have to replace is the main unit....

	You don't need to buy a package; you can buy a CPU alone.  (But
you cannot buy peripherals alone.)

	When I last checked, an A500 (1 meg RAM) cost $479 on the edu
discount program.  The part number is A500P.  Prices were subject to
change as of July 1, so you might want to check on this.  I seriously
doubt it changed much (if at all).

>3. Is this kind of computer abuse common among Amiga users?

	VERY strange question.  If you bought a synthesizer (say, an
Oberheim), and it were abused and neglected, would you wonder if this abuse
were common among Oberheim owners?  I wouldn't -- I'd just assume that the
original owner was a slob.

	No, I don't think you can make any such generalization about the
owners of a particular piece or brand of equipment.  I've seen both clean and
dirty Amigas, PC's, Macs, VAXes, Suns, AT&T's, etc etc etc.

	Sorry you had such a bad experience.

                                                        Dan

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