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From: DA3721A@acad.drake.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
Subject: Re: A3000 upgrade offer..
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Date: 8 May 91 22:57:23 GMT
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mx8@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes
in article <1991May8.145840.4599@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>

>In article <1991May7.232954.3789@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>,
>es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes: 
>> In article <1991May07.224440.2764@ariel.unm.edu> kholland@hydra.unm.edu (Kiernan Holland) writes:
>>>[Bitching about Commodore's upgrading policies deleted]
>> 	Thanks for the insightful, vague commentary. Now,
>> everyone who agrees with Kiernan please follow up and let us
>> know? <I love the deafening silence 8>
>> 
>> 	-- Ethan
>> 
>> "Brain! Brain! What is Brain?"
>
>          He does point out some valid concerns.  What would I be giving up by
>upgrading to the 3000?  I heard something about new 3000s coming along with 1.3 
>ROMs in addition to 2.0 ROMS, but there are a lot of things (mostly games)
>that won't work at all with the 68030 chip.  Also, the 3000 isn't as expandable
>as a 2000.  I was thinking of upgrading to a system that would let me use an
>AT bridgeboard and VGA card, but if I only have two slots, I'm probably not
>going to be able to add on a video board, since the AT bridge takes up two
>slots, am I?   And what about that 5.25" drive? Where does it go?  Will I be
>able to use my 3.5" drive as an MS-DOS floppy drive?
>          And what about floppy drives?  The power up ad I saw in the June
>'91 AmigaWorld shows a 3000 with only one internal floppy drive slot, but the
>June '90 AmigaWorld cover shows a 3000 with two slots.  What gives??
>
>          In all, there's a lot of power to be had, but I can't see myself
>using the same box for three or four years like I have with my 500 if I'm not
>going to be able to expand cleanly.  Not for the kind of money I'd have to lay
>out.
>
>           MX8@VAX5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU

	Well, why not wait a little longer till they equip the A3000 with a
toaster as standard equipment. (I don't know if they ever will; just an example)
Or wait just a little longer than that when they equip the A3000 with an '040
as standard equipment. (Again, just an example)
	In all seriousness, it would cost $10000's each year to keep up with
the advances in the computer industry. True, I do get pangs when I see that
the A500 is selling for less than half what I paid for it, but you've just
got to put it behind you. That's what happens in the computer industry.
Nothing stays top-of-the-line forever. :)

			David Aschbrenner
			da3721a@acad.drake.edu