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From: stack@unm-la.UUCP (AIDE Robert Stack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: A1000 or A500?
Message-ID: <652@unm-la.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 9-Jun-87 18:07:02 EDT
Article-I.D.: unm-la.652
Posted: Tue Jun  9 18:07:02 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jun-87 04:55:55 EDT
Organization: University of New Mexico - Los Alamos
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I will soon purchase an Amiga from a local dealer.  They are selling the
A1000 and the A500 for the same price ($1100 including monitor).  I like
the setup (detached keyboard, monitor on top of the CPU)  of  the  A1000
but also like the ROM-Kickstart and  improved  keyboard  layout  of  the
A500.  So now I am trying to decide  between  the  A1000  and  the  A500
(available July 1st).  I know that the machines are completely  software
compatible, but there  are  hardware  expansion  differences  (different
expansion bus locations).  I will be using the machine for  programming,
flying (subLOGIC Flight Simulator II), and as a  terminal.  Which  Amiga
will better for expanding (inexpensive hard drive,  more  RAM,  and  the
like) in the future?  Any enlightening comments?
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/ Robert Stack / Univ. of New Mexico at Los Alamos / stack@unm-la.lanl.gov /