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From: ragg0270@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: questions, questions, questions
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Date: 15 Sep 90 15:35:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!ragg0270    Sep 15 10:35:00 1990


I've 99% convinced my advisor to spend some grant money to but an Amiga!
Yea!
Macs are VERY big around here, but we need some color capability to vizualize
data sets we have produced and we have a limited budget. I wrote some
software and showed that the Amiga would be useful, especially at the price.

However, there are a bunch of questions that I need to be able to answer, so
I'm turning to the knowledgeable folks of the net for help.
 I would appreciate any responses by e-mail:

Here goes:

1. Ethernet available? I see there is an ethernet card listed on the edu.
	discount form. Is it available? Is the software available? Is there
	a way to hook up an A500 to ethernet?
2. Postscript support. We will have an Apple LaserWriter sometime soon. Can
	the Amiga be hooked up to it? I assume the answer is yes, but what
	software/hardware (if any) is necessary to use it. I assume the
	answer is that the individual software package (WP, etc.) has to
	support postscript printing, but I may be wrong about this.
	For example, if I have a text file (say some source code), can
	I
	"1.> type foo.c > prt:"
	to the LaserWriter?
3. Does the 2000HD come with the A2091 controller? Does it have sockets
	for 2 Megs of expansion RAM? If so, what type of chips does it use.
4. Is Appletalk available for the 2000? The 500?
5. Does AmigaVision come with all CPUs on the edu. discount program now?
6. Do the 2000s/500s have the ECS now? How much CHIP RAM are they shipping with?
7. How about 2.0? How much will it cost to upgrade?

If you, too, were wondering about any of these questions, send me e-mail and
I'll let you know what I find out.

Regards,
Richard
gerber@rigel.astro.uiuc.edu
:wq