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From: goodwinm@prism.cs.orst.edu (goodwinm)
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Subject: Re: Is this a good deal for an Amiga 1000 ???
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Date: 24 Jun 91 02:07:59 GMT
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In article <1991Jun23.020528.19183@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> tidedu@mars.lerc.nasa.gov writes:
>Hello All;
>I have been offered an Amiga 1000 with about 1.5 Meg of memory, 
>1 composite, and 1 RGB monitor, and I think only a disk (No Hard
>Disk). 
>
>I know nothing about the Amiga systems so I thought I'd ask the 
>net for assistance in determining if this is a good deal !!! 
>
>I plan to use the A1000 almost exclusively for Video Titling but 
>if I get it, I may find it is so interesting that I may use it 
>for other things as well. I have heard that the A1000 is no 
>longer sold but I am curious about what the approximate retail 
>price of it was when it was being sold. Also I'd like to know 
>if today's Amiga software (Ie. that designed for the A500, and 
>A3000) will run on the A1000 ??? I'd also like to know of add-on 
>boards and accessories can still be purchased for it ??? 
>
>By the way ... I almost forgot ... the price of this A1000 which  
>has been offered to me is ... $300 !!! 

I think this is a pretty good deal.  I got my A1000 with 512k, one floppy, and
color monitor for $625 a year and a half ago.  Most of the software that has 
been written for the Amiga will work on it, with that much memory you could run
almost anything.  

>
>Thank you very much for your assistance ...
>
>Tim
>
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