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From: elg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Eric Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Taking the plunge
Message-ID: <6954@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Date: 28 Jan 89 21:33:54 GMT
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in article <5817@cbmvax.UUCP>, higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom MKT) says:
> In article <7277@louie.udel.EDU> jwhitman@almsa-1.arpa (Jerry Whitman) writes:
> $2 - Is it more cost effective to go the HD route or to add my own to a stock
> $A2000? 
> 
> I think you will find our A2000HD to be attractively priced.

From the price list I've seen, the A2000HD is competitive but not
exceptionally so. You can do better if you embark on a "do it
yourself" sort of thing, buying the parts from mail-order venders.
HOWEVER, for this guy, the A200HD is definitely the way to go. He'd
probably choke trying to Prep a drive and copy 1.3 over to it... the
HD is set up, configured, and ready to go right out of the box. Paying
a dealer to do that stuff for you will bring the cost up to 2000HD
territory anyhow. 

> $One last off the wall question.  Which, if any, nulti-syncs will also
> $directly accept input from a VCR to allow direct viewing of pre-recorded
> $video materials.
> 
> I've never seen a multisync that accepted a composite input as well, except
> for the monster Mitsubishi we have (37" screen, 2 composite, 1 RGB inputs).
> This will CRUSH the Amiga 2000 :-)  It weighs around 500 pounds I think!!

The Mitsubishi Diamondscan will accept a composite input. It has a BNC
jack on the back, so you'd need a BNC-to-RCA adaptor. Diamondscans
have been known to cause some problems when used with Amigas...
hopefully that has been solved, but buy at your own risk.

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