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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Revised Amiga line
Message-ID: <1178@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 30 Apr 91 08:13:34 GMT
References: <4702@orbit.cts.com> <1991Apr29.165747.10393@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
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In article <1991Apr29.165747.10393@sbcs.sunysb.edu> dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes:
>In article <4702@orbit.cts.com> chucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch) writes:
>
>>1) An EXTREMELY low cost 500.  this would be a totally re-designed 500
>>motherboard with ECS, NO Zorro expansion, built-in scsi, and a Pizza box

Hmm, you want to *add* things: SCSI, separated keyboard. How on earth
do you think that will make it *cheaper*???

>  All A500 expansion can also be done via CPU sockets.

Yes, but always only *one* such device at a time. To use different ones,
you won't open your Amiga everytime and change processor adaptor PCBs?

>  IDE controllers seem to be a lot cheaper (I have seen them for $40 on 
>clones).

Perhaps. But when talking low price, you'll have to decide, SCSI *or*
IDE, not both. They aren't free!

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