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From: oconnor@sunray.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: A500 upgrades (was Re: upgrades and standards, ... without the flames)
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Date: Wed, 28-Oct-87 11:41:11 EST
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Posted: Wed Oct 28 11:41:11 1987
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Reply-To: oconnor@sunray.UUCP (Dennis Oconnor)
Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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Keywords: A500 expansion upgrades compatability A2000
Summary: Is there a A500 -> A2000 upgrade path

In article <2635@cbmvax.UUCP> andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) writes:
>Actually, I forgot...a little ribbon cable or extended board would be
>needed for an A500 to use a SOTS.  (Or make a cut out in the case).  (I forgot
>about that for a minute :-(  )
>
>			andy
>-- 
>andy finkel		{ihnp4|seismo|allegra}!cbmvax!andy 
>Commodore-Amiga, Inc.

Well, on to a different subject. Almost. I own an A500. As millions
soon will. But I lust ( yes I do ) for the features of the A2000 :
hardisk, cheap expandocards, IBM peripherals ( MS-DOS programs ? I
don't care. But VectorFloatingPointCadSupportBoards and such are fun.).
And maybe even (dare I ask) coprocessor slot. (video slot? too tough. )
And I want Robust expansion, not SOTS. Sooo...

From whom, when, and for how much will I be able to get a box :
1. That plugs by 2 meter hi-quality ribbon cable into my SOTS connector
2. Has its own power supply, and a socket&cable eliminating the need
   for my A500 line-power-box (THAT'll handle power-sequencing probs)
3. Has official Zorro II slots, PC slots, and a bridge slot ( and a
   coprocessor slot if its not too much trouble )
4. Costs only slightly more ( perhaps 30% ) than the difference
   between an A500 and an A2000.

Where talkin' a serious growth path. In fact, this combo could be
superior to a straight A2000 ( like, a 2 meter cable means this
things footprint goes where feet belong : on the floor ). It can be
big as a breadbox for all I care. ( I know, driving signals two meters
without good buffering is a headache, and then theres the FCC. That
2-meter cable will probably have a little box-o-transcievers at the
end of it. No big deal. ) And I've heard complaints about the A2000
keyboard : well, the A500 has a better keyboard than my Sun-3. Of
course that's just my opinion. ( but it's true, yes it is! )

SO, Andy, George, Perry : anybody addressing the problem of what us
A500 guys are gonna buy when we've paid off our VISA cards ?





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