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- Subject: Re: Pentium Bridgeboard.....Would you buy one?
- Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 22:29:41 GMT
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- dcinege@superlink.net (Dave Cinege) wrote:
-
- >If we could produce the following would you being interested?
- >What else would you want? Are the prices within reason?
-
- >A high retail price of $995 bare. (Meaning it will hopefully be a little
- >lower from your dealer) And say $1495 with 16mb and a 90MHz Pentium.
-
- You face the old problem of being able to buy (or almost buy) a separate
- Pentium system which is not only equal in capabilities, but far exceeds
- those of a bridgeboard.
-
- I'm not real up to date on current market prices, but I believe a P75
- motherboard, with built in contoller, hi-speed serial, and 3 or more PCI
- slots goes for under $450. PCI video cards start at $100. From your post,
- it looks like the bridgeboard you propose is little more than these two
- pieces of equipment, only in a much smaller form factor. And for me, and
- most people, the loss in size and expandibility is not worth $500 :(
-
- But hey, you are an Amiga developer, and though it's been months since I
- even powered on my aging A3K, I wish you well in your developments..
-
- -Roland
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