Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Obsolescence of A1000 Message-ID: <2601@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 25-Oct-87 02:32:39 EST Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2601 Posted: Sun Oct 25 02:32:39 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 27-Oct-87 02:09:52 EST References: Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 28 In article mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) writes: > Personally, I don't give a damn about the peripheral market for the > 500 and 2000 if some third-party (Perry, are you listening?) comes > out with the following product for the A1000: > > An A2000 form-factor card cage. > > No, not a 2000-and-1 box. Really, I *don't* want IBM compatibity on > my Amiga, and really don't want to pay for it. If I wanted IBM > compatibilty, I would have bought one. As it is, I can use one of my > housemate's PC's if I have to (one of them is a Commodore PC-10, > BTW). All I want is a box with two to four A2000 form-factor slots, > along the lines of the ASDG MiniRack series. I talked to Perry on > the phone about a 2MB expansion including MiniRack-C, but I'm willing > to bet the slot is A1000 form-factor and would close off a great > number of expansion options once A1000 stuff is obsolete. True? All the Perry's A2000+1 box pays for PC compatibilty is the extra connectors for the PC/AT slots. This is no big deal compared to the cost of the PC board, power supply and metal work. Perry has tried hard to provide a solid foundation for Amiga expansion, and this product looks like it should be the bridge between A1000 and A2000 expansion products. I hope he is able to make this a very successful product. -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {ihnp4|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: out to lunch... Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonor e8.