Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!seismo!ll-xn!cit-vax!usc-oberon!bacall!papa From: papa@bacall.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Expansion product woes Message-ID: <2359@bacall.UUCP> Date: Sat, 4-Apr-87 21:40:14 EST Article-I.D.: bacall.2359 Posted: Sat Apr 4 21:40:14 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Apr-87 00:28:17 EST References: <269@mcdsun.UUCP> <142@tahoma.ARPA> <278@mcdsun.UUCP> Organization: CS&CE Depts, U.S.C., Los Angeles, CA Lines: 50 Fred Fish writes: > The difference in price between a cheapo slap-on-the-side expansion product > and a quality board in a quality expansion box is significantly greater > than the difference between a cheapo board and a quality board. Thus > the incentive to by cheapo boards for the A2000 will be greatly reduced. > This may help the A1000 owners also, if venders like ASDG can produce their > expansion boxes, that allow use of A2000 cards on an A1000, in a timely > manner. > I just got the Lates AmigaWorld which finally has some interesting articles! Among them one by Eric Grapham, the author of the "juggler". Anyway, in the what's new section new products from CSA are listed. Among them, is an new expansion chassis for the Amiga 1000, called the Turbo Amiga Tower, which attaches to the 86-pin expansion giving the A1000 the capabilities of the A2000. It provides a CPU slot, SEVEN (!!) 100-pin slots, four IBM PC AT slots and a 200 watt power supply. Basically all the features of the A2000 - the features of the A1000. The PC-AT slots are supposedly arranged in the same fashion as on the A2000 so one can use the A2088 card. 5 of the seven slots are autoconfig The other two hold extra 32-bit memory (optional). These slots are 32-bit since CSA is priducing a board with a 68020 and 68881. This board supposedly plugs into both the Turbo AMiga Tower and the A2000. The 68020/68881 board runs at 14 MHz. According to CSA this board outperforms the PC AT by a factor of 40 in the Savage benchmark. A whole list of periperals follows, from Static RAM boards to SCSI adapters, disks of various sizes. Prices. The Turbo Amiga Tower lists for $1095. This could help people evaluate whether to trade in their machines for an A2000 or get the CSA Tower. The 68020/68881 board, $1480. A SCSI controller, $695. A 20M hard disk, $910. Look in the magazine, for the prices of the rest of the peripherals. My question is: is this still vaporware, or is the CSA tower already available? Did anybody see it at any of the recent meeetings and shows. It's the weekend, so I had no time to call CSA and find out. I'll try monday. With the CSA tower and ASDS's 2000-and-1 box there should be good competition, and for the moment I am not yet ready to give away my A1000. As usual, I have no connection with CSA, just interest in their products. -- Marco -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Marco Papa 3175 S. Hoover St., Ste. 275 (213)747-8498 Los Angeles, CA 90007 USC: (213)743-3752 F E L S I N A Now working for ::::::: BIX: papa But in no way :: :: Officially representing ::::::: ...!usc-oberon!bacall!papa S O F T W A R E papa@usc-cse.usc.edu -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-