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From: waynekn@tekig5.UUCP (Wayne Knapp)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Sidecar
Message-ID: <1131@tekig5.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 12-Sep-86 11:59:38 EDT
Article-I.D.: tekig5.1131
Posted: Fri Sep 12 11:59:38 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 14-Sep-86 03:51:26 EDT
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Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR
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In article <5242@decwrl.DEC.COM>, banks@viking.dec.com (Dawn Banks) writes:
> 
> So, youse guys at Commodore Amiga, what's the deal?  Are we in the Amiga
> business, or the PC clone business.  The Sidecar is a neat hack, but if you
> were serious about selling PC alternatives (like Amigas), you'd be introducing
> products that make the Amiga a nicer machine to work on, rather than making
> it a front end for yor competitor's architecture.  In the mean time, the only
> reasonable hard disk alternatives we've seen cost as much or more than the
> Amiga does in the first place.  It wouldn't be so bad if that were the going
> rate for hard disks, but from what I've seen on the market, it's highway
> robbery.
> 
> {disclaimer}
> 
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    I for one think the sidecard is a great idea.  I have lots of IBM software
that I want to use.  I also enjoy my Amiga.  Keep up the great work Commodore
Amiga.
                      Wayne Knapp