Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!vsi1!zorch!sega0!mykes From: mykes@sega0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Silly Complaints (Re: Wake Up Commodore) Message-ID: Date: 25 Mar 91 11:03:01 GMT References: Distribution: world Organization: Amiga makes it possible Lines: 20 In article roger_earl@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca (Roger Earl) writes: >mykes@sega0.SF-Bay.ORG writes.... >>the vast majority of machines are 512K Amiga 500's still, so why aren't >>people upgrading to 1 Meg? > >Hmmm, I don't know what its like where you live, but I know a lot of Amiga 500 >owners, and I've never met one that has only 512K. Everyone has at least 1 >Meg. At $50-$100 its the first thing people buy for their A500. My >complaint is that software is still being limited to 512K for people who >don't exist. Only 10% (200,000) Amigas exist here in America. I have no doubt that many of these are at least 1Meg and have hard disks. On the other hand, market research shows that the other 90% of the machines are 512K Amiga 500's in Europe. Maybe someone from Europe can explain why? -- ******************************************************* * Assembler Language separates the men from the boys. * *******************************************************