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From: bmacintyre@watsol.waterloo.edu (Blair MacIntyre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Upgrading: The Very Idea
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Date: 4 Apr 88 14:13:14 GMT
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In article c162-fe@zooey.Berkeley.EDU (Jonathan Dubman) writes:
>I don't mean to instigate already fuming Amiga 1000 owners, BUT-
>
>< an explanation of why people shouldn't expect commodore to make things A1000
>  compatible >
>
>I think the root of the whole problem here is the inexpandability of the
>original Amiga 1000.  That was a mistake.  Look at the success of the Apple II
>and the IBM PC, both of which included an array of slots from the very
>beginning.  Leaving the bus connector on the side of the Amiga 1000 was like
>leaving the hood open on a car and calling it expandable.

Exactly right.  I own a 1000 ( bought it Dec. 85 for lots of $$$ ) and I don't
really expect the new stuff ( read:hardware expansion) to work with it.  If
I really want to have this new stuff, I'll buy one of the expansion chasis
( wouldn't this handle the problem? ).  I mean, I hope the new SOFTWARE will
work, but I don't expect the new hardware to be compatible.

Sheesh, I can see people wanting something for nothing, but *EXPECTING* it?
If YOU were president of Commodore, would you make everything 1000 compatible?
:-)

>Personally, I'm planning on leapfrogging the A2000 and getting an A3000.  I can
>give the A1000 to my little brother, who will be very happy.  I'd love an A2000
>(even with no garage or pencil holder) on the house, but I'm not expecting one.
>I'd rather have the company stay in business so I can buy their next machine!

Right on!  I figure by the time I graduate ( 100 years from now :-) the 
'Amiga' line will barely resemble the present computers.  I don't want them
crippled by backwards compatibility ( can you say "shades of IBM/Intel, 
batman?" ).  I'll want to spend some big bucks and get a great machine!  :-)
 
>	*&(Jonathan Dubman)
>	SLOTS , not SOTS

Blair
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