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From: dave@csustan.UUCP (david j wells)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: CBM and upgrade paths
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Date: Wed, 4-Nov-87 11:31:32 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  4 11:31:32 1987
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Reply-To: dave@csustan.UUCP (david j wells)
Organization: CSU, Stanislaus; Turlock, California
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Summary: enough already!!!


I have been reading this thread just in case something new came up.
Nope!  Nothing new yet ...  (S/N => 0)

The amiga 1000 was a (home micro) state-of-the-art when it was
introduced.  Thus you were buying a leading edge (no TM) computer.
One price that you pay for this is that your computer tries to do
things that haven't been done (much) before.  So some of what was
in the system may not have been done the "right" way.

In the next generation of amigas, CBM apparently tried to fix some
perceived deficiencies in the amiga 1000.  Like the incompatable
parallel connector, etc.  And I am sure that the Zorro form factor
was changed for a GOOD reason!  However these changes result in some
inompatability between the amiga 1000 and the new systems.

Don't flame CBM for CORRECTING MISTAKES and improving their product!

If you haven't seen this coming for over a year, then what rock have
you been hiding under?  And if you saw it coming, *why* did you buy
the older cards, etc.???  But if you bought the cards over a year ago,
then I don't see that you have a major gripe -- you have gotten good
use out of them ...

Someone said that they bought their amiga 1000 to use for 4 years.  Fine,
but don't expect your amiga to stay state-of-the-art for 4 years!
As far as I know, 3-5 years is a typical time frame for computer
obsolescence.  So don't plan to get the latest interactive video
system for your 4 year old system!  (unless there are several
million of them in use :-)

But too much already!!!!  Kwitchyer gripin, woodya?


					David

p.s.  personally, I usually upgrade my system after 1 to 2 years.
-- 
David J Wells				dave@csustan.uucp