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- From: pede0135@gold.tc.umn.edu (Michael Pederson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: New Amiga A1300
- Date: 8 Jan 1996 16:13:32 GMT
- Organization: University of Minnesota
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- Adam Atkinson (ghira@mistral.co.uk) wrote:
- : DS>>> Hm, perhaps I am not a NORMAL computer user, but I do think the
- : DS>>> Amiga1200+ is better off with a '040 than a '030. Unfortunately AT
- : DS>>> will probably go '030.
-
- : >Apart from that, going to a 40 Mhz 030 wouldn't be "stupid". Sure,
- : >it's far from ideal and 50 Mhz or an LC040 might be better, but
- : >remember they HAVE to stay out of the price range of PC's and 030's
- : >are pretty darn cheap these days.
-
- : >And indeed, for "normal" computer users (1200 users, not techno-freaks
- : >that wander the Net every day) such a cpu isn't that bad at all.
-
- : Have to agree, really. Maybe having 030 and 040 versions of the 1200
- : available would be nice, but mine has an 030 (and a 68882) and I'm quite
- : happy with it. If/when I'm rich I'll get an 040, probably, but in the
- : meantime I have some money to put towards more bolt-ons.
-
- : (Besides, I was using an unadorned 68000 until only a few months ago, so
- : I'm probably not in the right frame of mind to regard a 1200/030/68882 as
- : slow...)
-
- I'm using an A2000/030/882@25 in my office here that's almost
- perfect for my needs. The biggest call for an upgrade that I'm running
- into at the moment is that 6 MB fastram isn't nearly enough to run
- ShapeShifter at full potential (I'm supposed to be using M$ Excel).
- An A1200+ with an '030 would be perfect for home use for a long
- while.
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