Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!ucsd!sdd.hp.com!samsung!munnari.oz.au!metro!usage.csd.unsw.oz.au!newt.phys.unsw.OZ.AU!pwb From: pwb@newt.phys.unsw.OZ.AU (Paul W. Brooks) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: AMIGAstation... Summary: Durable????? Message-ID: <1107@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au> Date: 21 Feb 91 12:34:42 GMT References: <1991Feb16.180604.10623@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> <2290@ria.ccs.uwo.ca> Sender: news@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au Lines: 24 In article <2290@ria.ccs.uwo.ca>, ptoper@obelix (Andy Nagy) writes: > [much stuff about A500s, A2000s and slots deleted] > > I believe the higher cost of the A2000 is not merely the addition of > the slots. You need to take into consideration the cost of a power supply > (that is 3 times the power rating of the A500), a bigger, sturdier case, > a separate > keyboard etc. These are not cheap if you want them to be durable and reliable. > > Andy Nagy (ptoper@asterix.gaul.csd.uwo.ca) > The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada > "Dee do do do, dee da da da, thats all I want to say to you" -- The Police Durable and reliable?? Commodore? How many times have you had to replace your mouse? Does anyone know of a viable 3rd party Amiga-compatible mouse? How many of you are still using the original mouse that came with your system! Paul Brooks |Internet: pwb@newt.phys.unsw.edu.au Uni. of N.S.W. |If you have trouble sleeping, try lying on the end of Kensington NSW 2033| your bed. With a little luck you'll drop off. AUSTRALIA | - Mark Twain.