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From: peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga 1000 (was Transactor, Vol 1 Issue 3)
Message-ID: <3179@sugar.uu.net>
Date: 30 Dec 88 14:29:18 GMT
Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston, TX
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[ Various flames about the 1000 being obsolete fed to the line eater ]

If the 1000 is obsolete, how come 1.3 came out with a kickstart disk and
no ROMs? It's not Commodore that's abandoning the 1000, it's all the third
party people. Commodore, however, is hastening its demise by not providing
a credible upgrade path for 1000 owners.

The 1000 is 100% software compatible with the 500 and 2000, and 80% hardware
compatible with either. The only problem is that there's no easy way to put
2000 cards in the thing. Here's where C= can help.

It wouldn't take much. Just a cheap 3-or-4-slot Zorro-2 enclosure to slap on
the side. There mightn't be much money in it, but there'd be plenty of good
P/R involved. It'd help convince people that Commodore was going to support
the 500 and 2000 when the 3000 and 4000 come out. It's way more useful than
any 1000-2000 upgrades.
-- 
Peter "Have you hugged your wolf today" da Silva  `-_-'  Hackercorp.
...texbell!sugar!peter, or peter@sugar.uu.net      'U`