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From: elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 1000 Worries?
Message-ID: <997@killer.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 14-Jun-87 02:19:46 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 14 02:19:46 1987
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in article <2002@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>, grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins) says:
> In article <32200003@bucc2> bones@bucc2.UUCP writes:
>> 2000.  What happens if the 1000 needs service?  The 500 appears to have
>> different (combined) custom chips.  So does the 2000 have all the same chips
>> as the 1000?  Or am I just worrying for nothing?  I am no expert on chip
>> availability or computer service.
> either case, Commodore is actually pretty good about stocking repair parts for
> systems after they are no longer being actively marketed.  There are also a

Very true. For example, you can still get the ROMs for the old 8050, 8250, and
SFD-1001 drives for their Pet/B-128 series computers... really freaked me out!
And the special PIAs in the SFD, too...

My dealer has gotten his Amiga 500 demo. This machine looks like a real
winner. Let's see, it costs $700, and I'll want a second disk drive and a 1
meg expansion (already got a monitor), and my bank account shows $300... gee,
only 6 more months, and I'll have ME one of them things!

> It's a legitimate concern, but I don't see a serious problem at this point.
> George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
> but no way officially representing	arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV
> Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)

Agree. Only real problem would be if Commodore went bankrupt. So let's all buy
Amigas and make sure that it doesn't happen!
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