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From: es1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future
Message-ID: <1991Jun26.224228.5923@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 26 Jun 91 22:42:28 GMT
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In article <1130.28689ee9@vger.nsu.edu> manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) writes:
>In article <1991Jun26.055708.27495@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:

>> 	The cost of building a card with SCSI and memory is
>> higher than to simply put a SCSI controller chip and sockets
>> right on the motherboard. No other major computer company besides
>> Commodore makes this market AVAILABLE to hardware developers.
>> Keep the A500 as it is. But there needs to be a CHEAP middle
>> ground.
>
>Ethan, what about the PC.  There are tons and tons of PC hard disk
>controller manufacturers.  It was not until recently (last years) 
>that hard drives became standard equipment from the manufacturer.
>The developers that exist now we can't afford to lose.  These
>developers helped to keep the Amiga alive, and continue to do so.
>
	Well, we aren't talking about how Commodore should've
designed Amigas 3 years ago, we're talking about today. Can you
still GET a clone without a built-in hard drive? I'd be
surprised. You have to search for a non-laptop with an 8088. So
the entire clone and Mac market, at every level, has built-in HDs
as options.
	If there are tons and tons of PC HD manufacturers, I
don't know who they're selling to. Maybe people who are
dissatisfied with slow built-in controllers.
	-- Ethan

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