Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!pacbell.com!ucsd!mvb.saic.com!ncr-sd!se-sd!cns!dltaylor From: dltaylor@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Dan Taylor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Wake Up Commodore! Message-ID: <873@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM> Date: 21 Mar 91 22:40:50 GMT References: <19996@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1991Mar20.223535.248@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Organization: NCR Corp. SE-San Diego Lines: 24 IMHO, I could see an intermediate model, between the A500, and the A2000. The A500 is packaged correctly, as a low-end machine, although, tweaking the board design for 1M CHIP standard + 1M CHIP/FAST optional would be nice. The A2000 (or my A2500/30) is a little clunky, but the plethora of slots and drive bays is REALLY nice. I'm down to having only a single XT/AT slot free, and it will be filled, when I decide which of several options to put into it. I think the A1500 (for want of a better name) should be the size of my A1000, complete with "keyboard garage". I should have the ability to install 2Mbyte CHIP, have the clock, an A3000-compatible SCSI interface (I know 16-bit instead of 32, but the same registers, etc.), and 2 sideways (like some of the PC clones) slots, 1 video, 1 ZorroII. They could even be built into old A1000 cases, since an SCSI drive will fit nicely where the KickStart RAM is. If you put the 68000 in exactly the same location as the A1000, even some of the RAM expansion, etc. would be usable. I don't know if the people "down under" have exactly this on their replacement MB. However, I don't have much market research, just the stuff here on the net, plus a few personal discussions, to know whether this would only be a "cannibal", or would actually generate new sales for C=. I do know that there is a tremendous interest in upgrading/preserving A1000's. Maybe C= should do the board/shield/mounts/front cover, and see where that goes. Dan Taylor /* comments here have NOTHING to do with NCR */