Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!stl!cel!jc From: jc@cel.co.uk (jerry cullingford) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: A1500 Message-ID: <8667@suns201.cel.co.uk> Date: 21 Feb 91 17:59:42 GMT References: <1991Feb14.151755.15456@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> <1991Feb15.171316.15065@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Reply-To: jc@cel.co.uk (jerry cullingford) Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Organization: Crosfield Ltd., Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom Lines: 25 Summary: Expires: Sender: In article <1991Feb15.171316.15065@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> rhhageme@eos.ncsu.edu (RICHARD HERM HAGEMEYER) writes: >"There was considerable confusion over two hardware products, one called >the Amiga 1500 and the other A1500... The A1500 is a third-party >expansion system/replacement chassis for the A500. It will also >accept A2000-style cards and even has a video slot. To the best of my knowledge, the 2000 style card slots are still vapourware; the idea was to have an expansion box that sat on top of the base unit, with the expansion slots in it. According to a friend of mine, the expansion box has quietly disappeared from the adverts. Current rumours say that it won't appear until after a tower version of the box. IMHO, without the expansion slots the A1500 is just a extremely overpriced way of getting a seperate keyboard, although you _can_ get the video slot. I wouldn't reccomend it to anyone, unless they drop the price drastically (say by a factor of three or four). -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | | Jerry Cullingford jc@crosfield.co.uk (was: jc@cel.co.uk) | ,-|-- | #include Amiga! 2,000,000+ and counting.... | \_|__ +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ \___/