Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!lll-winken!uwm.edu!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Anyone actually own an 040 Amiga? Message-ID: <+q2G9+1*1@cs.psu.edu> Date: 4 May 91 22:19:16 GMT References: <281D0613.26690@orion.oac.uci.edu> <=vzgn2@rpi.edu> <1991May3.200546.16303@sbcs.sunysb.edu> <91124.170117MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 40 In-Reply-To: 's message of Saturday, 4 May 1991 17:01:16 EDT Nntp-Posting-Host: sunws5.sys.cs.psu.edu In article <91124.170117MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu> writes: Gosh, I dunno. Wait a minute, here's some companies that are planning drop-in 68040 boards for $800, barely the cost of the 68040 chip itself. Well, there ya go. How long are we going to have to wait? Eh? Wild guess: $1000 or so. YOU, however, will NOT be able to upgrade YOUR NeXT Slab to the 68050, PERIOD. In 3 years you'll have to throw out your Slab and buy a Boulder. Assuming NeXT is still around in three years. Then buy the Boulder today for an extra $1500 to $2000 so you can expand it in three years. NeXT released the slab so people could afford a NeXT who couldn't before. People buy Pizza box SparcStations. I wonder why? Got an answer? The ECS Agnes and Denise chips together cost $150; for this you drop in completely new chips. The cost will never be much more than that. Does that mean they aren't available yet too(too as in where is A DOS 2.0) Even a lowly Amiga 500 can be expanded to take advantage of every expansion devise there is: lots of people have '030-powered A500s. Get a clue: most people would rather not have to throw away their old computer if they want to take advantage of a new chip. There's a reason for expansion ports, y'know. REALLLLYYYY!!! What about the super expandable Amiga 1000? What's going to happen to it? That was just a protoype right? Can I get half bright mode for an early Amiga 1000? How about 2 megs of chip RAM? People would rather think that they can expand their computer forever so they'll pay more money for something that they won't use. Slabs cost $2500. If NeXT doesn't offer another board for the Slab, I'll just order out for another pizza box. I imagine that an 040 NeXT will still be worth $1000 to $1500 in three years(slab only). -Mike