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From: childs@cadnetix.UUCP (David Childs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: upgrades and standards, this time without the flames
Message-ID: <1014@cadnetix.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 29-Oct-87 17:34:45 EST
Article-I.D.: cadnetix.1014
Posted: Thu Oct 29 17:34:45 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Nov-87 00:11:03 EST
References: <5634@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> <2639@cbmvax.UUCP>
Organization: Cadnetix Corp., Boulder, CO
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Summary: Say what?

In article <2639@cbmvax.UUCP>, daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes:
: If it's an SOTS box, talk to its manufacturer.  These were never encouraged
: by C-A, that's why C-A published the full expansion box schematics and all.

One word here: Amiga500

: If the A2000 accepted SOTS, we'd have all the same A1000 problems all over
: again.  Card A from Vendor 1 doesn't work with Card B from Vendor 2, etc.
: SOTS is a real bad idea, and never should have even been mentioned in the
: Amiga literature.  Sure, it's cheaper to add one memory box that way then to
: buy a real expansion box, but by the time your second box is purchased, youre
: loosing money and reliablity with SOTS.  And a third is completely out of the
: question, even if the second works.  Most SOTS that pass the bus don't do it
: correctly, and most SOTS don't work right on a correctly done pass through.

Same word as above.

: The card from factor change was really unfortunate.  Cards are the proper
: way to expand, since they force everyone to come at least a bit closer to
: the specified way of doing things, which forces them to be more compatible
: whether the individual vendors like it or not.

Same word as above.

: I think the time to drop SOTS was before SOTS existed.  Couldn't do that.
: So this was the next best thing.  Since last March, at the very least, all
: A1000 owners have know that SOTS was going away.  And it went away on an
: otherwise A1000 comptible machine.  So you don't REALLY have to upgrade to
: stay in the Amiga family and use nearly every software product you can 
: expect for this generation.  And if you want to look further ahead, you can
: buy A2000 style expansion cards and expect them to work on All Amigas.

Same word as above.

: Dave Haynie     Commodore-Amiga    Usenet: {ihnp4|caip|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh
:    "The B2000 Guy"              PLINK : D-DAVE H             BIX   : hazy

In other words:
     "If this is true, why does the Amiga 500 have a side connector?"

Look, I don't really mind.  I would much rather have SOTS than no SOTS.  It
just seems like you didn't prevent the same problem from happening with the
A500 as with the A1000.  I already have, a SupraDrive and a Megaboard 2,
so where am I going to put my Magic Sac when it is available?

David Childs  Cadnetix Corp. (303) 444-8075 childs@cadnetix.UUCP