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From: greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: A3000UX - Born to run UNIX SVR4
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Date: 9 Feb 91 05:14:09 GMT
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In article <1512@pdxgate.UUCP> hal@eecs.UUCP (Aaron Harsh) writes:
>  The last time I checked (when I wanted an Amiga and didn't know about the
>NeXTstation) the 25 Mhz '030 Amiga cost about the same as a NeXTstation.
>(This was ed. price for both of them, about $3200 each).  What makes you think
>that an '040 Amiga will be competitive with a '040 NeXT when the Amiga with
>an inferior processor costs the same?

Two reasons:
  1)  The 040 should cost about the same as the current price of an 030/882
      combo.
  2)  The A3000 is basically an 040 motherboard adapted for the current 
      release version running an 030/882.  Rumor (mind you -- rumor) has 
      it that some hardware will be _removed_ when the 040 goes onto the 
      motherboard.

Greg


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