Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!pikes!mercury.cair.du.edu!isis!swoodcoc From: swoodcoc@isis.cs.du.edu (Steven Markus Woodcock) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga 1500 Message-ID: <1991Mar24.051833.21480@isis.cs.du.edu> Date: 24 Mar 91 05:18:33 GMT References: Reply-To: swoodcoc@isis.UUCP (Steven Markus Woodcock) Distribution: comp Organization: The Good Guys, Inc. Lines: 15 Well, my understanding is that the A1500 is a purely British creation, intended for the markets there. It's essentially just a stripped down A2000 with two disk drives; no hard drive at all. It's still got all the same capability, mind you, but it's a cheaper "bare bones" system. The idea is that a lot of people want expandability but can't afford a system with a hard drive (all of the Amigas are MUCH more expensive in Europe), so C= came up with this idea instead. The only other difference I'm aware of is a new sticker that says "A1500" on the front.... -- "...Men will awake presently and be Men again, and colour and laughter and splendid living will return to a grey civilization. But that will only come true because a few Men will believe in it, and fight for it, and fight in its name against everything that sneers and snarls at that ideal..."