Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!uwvax!astroatc!jojo
From: jojo@astroatc.UUCP (Jon Wesener)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: On Amiga 500, 2000 and Expansion etc.
Message-ID: <669@astroatc.UUCP>
Date: 21 Dec 87 16:12:27 GMT
References: <1827@houxa.UUCP> <31@hrsw2.UUCP>
Reply-To: jojo@astroatc.UUCP (Jon Wesener)
Organization: Astronautics Technology Cntr, Madison, WI
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In article <31@hrsw2.UUCP> bakken@hrsw2.UUCP (David E. Bakken) writes:
>In article <1827@houxa.UUCP>, shah1@houxa.UUCP (J.SHAH) writes:
>> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>> [Shah goes on to discuss how (HAL >> 1) compatibility, extra power supply,
>>  and the extra expansion capabilities aren't worth $1000 to him.]
>
>I agree with your assesment for the most part, but you are forgetting the
>CPU and the video slot.  The former lets you plug in 68020/68881/MMU cards
>...
>think you will never need either of these slots then the A500 is probably
>your best bet.  But if you think you might want them....

I just got mail from the graphic connection and they had some expansion
stuff for the A500 which included 2meg of memory AND a 68020/68881 cpu
board.  I didn't see any mention of the mmu, though.  It was priced at
$750, sorry but I can't remember who it was made by, but I still have the
info at home.  It looked very interesting, because I too am debating over
getting the 2000 because of the expansion capabilities.  The IBM capability
just isn't that necessary to me.  The Amiga has good word processors and
spreadsheets, already, and I'm really tired of PC-DOS!  If someone just
came out with a good expansion box for the 500, with more than just 2 slots,
and support for the cpu and video slot, they'd have a happy customer with me!

--j
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