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From: schwager@uiucdcsm.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: CBM and upgrade paths ( My two
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Date: Fri, 13-Nov-87 13:46:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 13 13:46:00 1987
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...edited...
> 	Leo, you wouldn't have bought it if it didn't feel right.  However, I
> 	suspect there are a large number of people out there who will feel
> 	that the A500 is "right" for them, and another group that will feel
> 	the same about the A2000.  Subjective is just that...
> 
> -- 
> 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 moonlite)
> /* End of text from uiucdcsm:comp.sys.amiga */

Damn straight!  Let's face it, if it wasn't for the A500, I'd have a
520ST sitting at home.  After years of looking longingly at the grad
students doing all kinds of cool stuff on our Sun workstations, and
getting bored with the graphics-less world of our minicomputers, I
wanted something I could call my own.  But what could I get for less
than $1k?  A Mac?  NO way at all!  Not even with University discount. An
Amiga 1000?  Nope.  The computer itself was close to a grand.  An IBM-PC?
Eek- I'll just stick to the minis at work, thanks.  An Apple II?
Yesterday's hardware.  An Atari ST?  Hmmmm... now there's
a thought.  A 520ST color system for around $800, huh?  68000 processor,
huh?  Wellll..... oh, but wait!  What's this?  An Amiga what?  500?
Never heard of it... What's it all about?  Huh?  An Amiga in a C-128
box?  You mean I can get 512K ram, multitasking, excellent graphics, etc.,
etc., for the price of a 520ST??  Shoot, lemme at it!! 

...this happy tale brought to you by one who used to only wonder what it
would be like to have a decent machine to use at home...
-mike schwager
-- {ihnp4,convex,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!schwager   schwager%uiuc@csnet-relay.arpa
	University of Illinois, Dept. of Computer Science