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From: jeff@contex.UUCP (Jeff Carey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A few simple questions...
Keywords: A2058, A2091, A2500/30, educational, discount, SCSI
Message-ID: <999@contex.UUCP>
Date: 2 Mar 90 16:13:07 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Xyvision Design Systems, Wakefield MA
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This is my first time posting, so bear with ...

I'm considering the purchase of an Amiga, and have recently
picked up the educational discount price list.

The A2000/2/PC System (bundle) seems to be enough to suit
me except for two things:

1.  This system doesn't come with a hard-drive.  My questions
    are:
    a.  Do I need to add-on the purchase of the A2091-40 or
        are there other, compatible controllers available ?

    b.  Is the A2091 controller SCSI-compatible, and what
        are the implications?  (I'd really like to know this.)

2.  This system doesn't come with additional memory.  I question,
    similarly:
    a.  Do I need to add-on the purchase of the A2058 or
        are there other, compatible memory expansion boards
        available ?

And now, some more general items of confusion:

1.  How many drives can fit within the 2000 chassis ?
    The above mentioned bundle comes with 2 internal
    floppies, will I have to pull one to fit a hard drive
    inside ?

2.  Can the controller for a floppy drive also "control"
    a hard drive ? Is the floppy drive controller SCSI-
    compatible ?

2.  What is the difference between an Amiga containing
    the A2500/30 CPU and another Amiga 2000 with the A2630
    board installed ?

I'm sorry if these questions seem extremely elementary and/or
they've all been answered here before.  Like I said, bear with...

Thanks in advance.
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