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- From: Philip Chung <ee95pyc@brunel.ac.uk>
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- Subject: Re: Why A1200 has no Zorro II/III Bus ??
- Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 20:54:54 +0000
- Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
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- DAUBIGNE SEBASTIEN wrote:
- >
- > Could someone explain to me why Commodore didn't put a standard Zorro II/III Bus
- > on the A1200 ? Was it for technical reason or just to make users again feel frustated of
- > not using Graphics Card,...
- >
- > Seb
-
- The A1200 was designed to be a mass market machine, mainly for games. Commodore needed to
- keep costs down to a bare minimum.
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