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From: don@brahms.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Time for a new computer
Message-ID: <16983@brahms.udel.edu>
Date: 19 Dec 90 20:34:45 GMT
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In article <39588@nigel.ee.udel.edu> PYC136@uriacc.uri.edu (Andy Patrizio) writes:
>(Mounting SoapBox v1.2...)
>
>Now, as for a dream machine... well, how's this:
>
>         The Amiga 1200
>         Uses an A1000 case with one expansion slot, parallel to the mother
>         board (like the A3000 does)
>         14 Mhz 68000 with 68881 co-processor
>         Room for 2 internal 3.5" drives
>         1 Meg RAM stock, expandable to 3 Meg on the motherboard.
>         Price: $999
>

	Having an '881 on this machine would serve no useful purpose.  The
68000 can only access the '881 as a peripheral, not as a coprocessor, which
a) is slower than as a coprocessor and b) is unsupported in s/w as far as I
know, unless you write your own code to take advantage of it.

	While we're at suggestions for new mid-level Amigas, how about this:

	(Call it, maybe, the 500P+ ?)
	Start with a 500, 1 meg RAM.  Run it at 14 MHz with a small cache
(like ADSpeed does) so there won't be a need for upgrading the whole system
to faster memory.  Throw out the power supply & get a real one.  Pull out the
internal floppy, replacing it with a 20 meg or so HD (assuming you still
have space in there for the controller somewhere).

	Or, probably better, strip down a 2000 to be sort of a combination of
of the above suggestions (with a new case that's not so ugly :-).

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