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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Revised Amiga line
Message-ID: <1202@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 3 May 91 15:26:59 GMT
References: <4778@orbit.cts.com>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany
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In article <4778@orbit.cts.com> chucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch) writes:
>peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes:
>>In article <1991Apr29.165747.10393@sbcs.sunysb.edu> dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes:
>>
>>Hmm, you want to *add* things: SCSI, separated keyboard. How on earth
>>do you think that will make it *cheaper*???
>
>Peter, (i hope you don't mind my getting on a first name basis, if so, please
                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ no problem :-)
>tell me) i said add scsi, but take away expansion.  

You don't gain anything by taking away expansion, as Dave already stated.
If you look closely, the expansion is hardly more than simply the processor
pins plus one or two other signals led to broader traces. Done. Cheap.

>i didn't say the keyboard
>needed to be detatchable, as obosed to just being on a cord.  it could be set
>up so that it was difficult to dis-connect the keyboard.  thus reducing the
>chance that people would remove the keyboard while the system was on.  the
>expensive parts of a removable keyboard over a non-removable are that they
>must have safeguard circuitry in case the keyboard is removed with the power
>on.

Never heard of that issue, but possible. I always believed the expensive
point on a detachable keyboard is casing and more complicated assembling
in factory.

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