Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!psuvax1!vu-vlsi!cbmvax!andy From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga 1000 buy-back & changing standards... Message-ID: <2567@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Oct-87 16:01:41 EDT Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2567 Posted: Wed Oct 21 16:01:41 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Oct-87 09:28:20 EDT References: <5550@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 38 In article <5550@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> mwm@eris.BERKELEY.EDU (Mike (My watch has windows) Meyer) writes: >Warning: I'm about to vent a lot of steam at Commodore. >But you see, I've still got this "old" card. Since the standard >changed again, it won't work in the new machine. And there's not much >chance of getting anything back for it. The best that can be done >would be to buy a bare A2000 card and move the chips. And wind up >eating the cost of the bare board + $1000, just to get back to where I >am now. Ah, Perry ? Are you there ? This is your cue, right ? The ASDG 2000-and-1 may be the answer for you... > >Thanx, but no thanx. I'll stay with a machine designed by someone who >knows the meaning of "ergonomics," and when it dies change to a >machine from a company that understands that changing buses is not >something one does on a yearly basis. Bus didn't change, just board size. I have a Zorro board at home hooked to my A1000 and have both types of cards plugged into it. I can't believe the form factor change is a surprise, though. The net flamed about it over a year ago. > >