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From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: "Valid" AMIGA info.
Message-ID: <669@cadovax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 17-Jun-85 17:36:33 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 17 17:36:33 1985
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>>This  is   a
>>TOTALLY OPEN architecture machine.   A
>>planned expansion box will let you use
>>all kinds of cards  from  third  party
>>manufacturers ...
>
>Great... I've got a connector coming out of my 800xl just waiting for
>3rd party hardware to show up.  I say expansion ports are useless or at
>least inconvient unless the slots are inside the machine, and the
>machine has a power supply that's beefy enough to power an expanded
>system.

I agree.  One reason I am interested in hardware expansion slots is, I'd
like to develop some hardware accessories for such a system.  If I must
convince potential customers that they must first buy an expansion
chassis, the cost effectiveness of such products is shot all to hell.

>Paul van de Graaf	sdcsvax!sdcc13!ee163ahj		U. C. San Diego

Keith Doyle
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