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From: michael@stb.UUCP (Michael)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 1000 owners get sticked?
Message-ID: <10170@stb.UUCP>
Date: 1 Apr 88 23:49:46 GMT
References: <37321R38@PSUVM>
Reply-To: michael@stb.UUCP (Michael)
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In article <37321R38@PSUVM> R38@PSUVM.BITNET (aka Marc Rifkin) writes:
>I think it is possible that 1000 owners are taking the wrong position in
>terms of support and expansion.  When they bought their 1000's did they
>expect to have the expansion that the 2000 provides? 
>
>BUT- They DO have an AMIGA.  Yes, it still runs Amiga software.
>All I can say is what did you expect from your computer when you
>bought it?

I've had it with this. I bought my 1000 expecting to have an expandable
computer. I knew that the standard expansion for the system was to be
card cage style, with an expansion box. I knew that the people buying
SOTS (Slat On The Side) boxes because they were cheaper were buying themselves
into a hole. I knew that auto-config was to be standard. I bought a mid-level
cage, and top of the line memory board, knowing that if I needed a better
cage for non-memory board products, I had a significant discount on it.

Suddenly, C= announces a new expansion standard. No more zorro-1 products
came out; although I can upgrade my minirack, it would do me no good.
And the 2001, or so I've heard, takes up as much space as my amiga, and
would push my other computer off the desk. Sorry, I don't have that much
space.

So why didn't I get a 2000? After all, they are 100% software compatible,
right?

Right. The Transformer doesn't work on the 2000. Hell, the ROMS don't
work on a 2000 (try to recover from a recoverable aleart. Yes I know,
a patch is availible now, about a YEAR after the 2000 came out).

And they have ROMS. I LIKE Kickstart. That was one feature that attracted
me to the 1000 in the first place.

And I could have gotten a huge discount on my 2000. For $1100, I'd have
a computer, minus monitor. Minus bridgeboard. Minus second drive.
Complete packages were going for only $2000; I wasn't saving much.

(Yes, minus monitor/drive; thats with the buyback. Or, I save 100, and
lose my 1000; I felt it was worth 100 easily.)

And then there were the timing tests. The 2000 came out oh-so-fast.
Much faster. About 80% of the speed, if I remember correctly. Never
did find out if the machines really were slower, or if the timing
software hit a difference between the 1000 and the 2000.

But the bottom line remains: I bought my 1000 expecting to be able
to expand it. 
			Michael
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