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From: dltaylor@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Dan Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: New baseline Amiga?
Message-ID: <906@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM>
Date: 22 Apr 91 21:24:13 GMT
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In <1991Apr20.094721.19579@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:

>more than you need in an A2000HD. The ideal mid-line computer
>would have room for exactly one internal hard drive and one
>internal floppy, plus 2MB internal, and ONE slot inline with a
>Video slot. Such a machine would be a lot cheaper than a 2000 (no
>9 slot system) and a lot more convenient for most people. You
>could probably add a flicker-fixer in it (CBM one) for the same
>price as the 2000HD is now.

I think there's a market there, too.  The A2000, without accelerator, just
isn't enough more COMPUTER to be worth the price difference.  It only
has lots of slots.  I would add a built-in SCSI, though.  That way,
the slot would be free for specialized expansion, like 24-graphics. Stay
with the 68000, for price.  I'd say, use a package like the A1000.  There
is enough room, since you don't need the KickStart RAM, or 256K expansion.
The "slot" could exit on the right, leaving the A1000-style connectors
on the motherboard.  I'd leave an expansion port there, too.  Or, if
the package were a little deeper, you could put the expansion output at
the rear and leave the CPU in the same location as the A1000, so the
A1000 internal expansion products would fit.

I still think the A500, with 1M and clock is the ideal "baseline" Amiga.
However, if this A1000-like machine were built, I'd buy one to supplement
my A2500/30 (replacing my A1000), if it were priced between equivalent
A500 and A2000 systems.

Dan Taylor
/* My opinions, not NCR's. */