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From: cs326ag@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren J. Rittle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Mac and Amiga (Games--Macintosh vs A500)
Message-ID: <1991Mar15.030235.16029@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 15 Mar 91 03:02:35 GMT
References: <7920@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1991Mar15.012234.1827@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <7924@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: l-rittle@uiuc.edu (Loren J. Rittle)
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In article <7924@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> blissmer@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Kevin) writes:
>>| Color is extra for the Classic. Performance is slow. No animation or sprites.
>>|HD is extra.
>>|
>>|HD is _less_ extra than for the 500.  SCSI is there. A 40 meg is $199 total
>>|for the mac.
<response removed...>
>If you want a Quantum:
>Quantum 40      11ms    $239 including cables and mounting bracket

I like how the price went up $40.  Oh well, that point is irrelevant,
as...

> 
>Club-mac 800-CLUBMAC
> 
>The Mac Market is very competitive thus pricing is low.  Where'd you come
>up with $400 for a quantum?  105 meg quantums are $349.

...the Amiga can use the same cheap SCSI drives you are talking about.
I don't think you know the first thing about the Amiga.  If you did,
you would have known that Amiga HD controllers could use the same
`Club-mac 800-CLUBMAC' number you give above...

What is your point, are you just a stupid Hack-n-Slosher who *wants*
to get flamed in c.s.a.a?

Loren J. Rittle
-- 
``NewTek stated that the Toaster  *would*  *not*  be made to directly support
  the Mac, at this point Sculley stormed out of the booth...'' --- A scene at
  the recent MacExpo.  Gee, you wouldn't think that an Apple Exec would be so
  worried about one little Amiga device... Loren J. Rittle  l-rittle@uiuc.edu