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From: es1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future
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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 22:14:25 GMT

In article <1108.2865c128@vger.nsu.edu> manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) writes:

>The A3000 is a working example of this.  I truly love my A3000, but
>how many disk controllers or memory boards can you spot?  I can't 
>find any.  I think this is ok for the high-end machines, but if 
>Commodore does this to the A2000.  Well, you see my point.
>
	It is a hard decision, but we are talking about the
future of the Amiga. Commodore currently has no computer for
people who want a machine roughly equivalent to the Mac Classic
2/40 (or a 286) etc. There is the A500 with A590, which is too
expensive (same price gets you 1MB RAM, slow 20MB HD on the Amiga
and 2MB RAM and 40MB HD on the 500). Or you can go with the
2000HD, which also costs too much.
	Somehow a mid-range Amiga with display enhancer needs to
happen. And it needs to happen with a SCSI controller built in.
Perhaps the A500 should remain without one, and leave GVP, etc.,
that market. But this is too important for Commodore to worry
about GVP and Supra. This is their future at hand.
	-- Ethan

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