Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!drysdale From: drysdale@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Drysdale) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: A2500 vs. A3000 Message-ID: <20677@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 16 Apr 91 05:13:55 GMT References: <1991Mar30.190342.7819@ariel.unm.edu> <20299@cbmvax.commodore.com> Reply-To: drysdale@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Drysdale) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 40 In article dhansen@amiganet.chi.il.us (Dave Hansen) writes: >>if you put a 2286 bridgeboard in a 3000, you'll only have 2 slots left, >>since the 2286 is a two-board stack which partially obscures the slot toward >>it's component side. >>Scott Drysdale Software Engineer >>Commodore Amiga Inc. UUCP {allegra|burdvax|rutgers|ihnp4}!cbmvax!drysdale >> PHONE - yes. >>"Have you hugged your hog today?" >>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > >That was a real mistake by CBM Engineering to design the 3000 tower version so ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ WHOA! i said *3000* not *3000 tower*. the tower 3000's (the ones i've seen, anyways) have the same number and type of slots as the 2000, except the video slot is in line with a zorro connector (like in the desktop 3000). >that the 2000 has more usable slots. The 2000's that I have are out of slots >as it is. The 2286 should be redone so that it's a 486 these days, and on ONE >slot, leaving 3 MSDos slots (minimum) available and at least 4 Amiga slots >available in the 3000. Either that or we need a super-tower version of the >3000! the bridgeboard/amiga combination isn't intended to be an ms-dos powerhouse, (an oxymoron if *i* ever heard one!) but a way to run ms-dos/windows/etc stuff should you need to. if you're only a casual ms-dos user (kinda like casual heroin user?) the current 2286 should be fine. if you're running applications that *need* a 486 for speed reasons, you should be using a pc clone, not an amiga with a bridgeboard. commodore would be happy to sell you a nice fast pc clone. >voice: (708)691-4747 Internet:dhansen@amiganet.chi.il.us --Scotty -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Scott Drysdale Software Engineer Commodore Amiga Inc. UUCP {allegra|burdvax|rutgers|ihnp4}!cbmvax!drysdale PHONE - yes. "Have you hugged your hog today?" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=