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Path: munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!news From: amann@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Angus Mann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Access 2 - Amiga Set-top Internet browser Date: 24 Mar 96 02:00:29 +1100 Organization: Information Services, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia Distribution: inet Message-ID: <1867.6657T120T1481@extro.ucc.su.oz.au> References: <4i4j7b$oi1@uwm.edu> Reply-To: amann@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Angus Mann) NNTP-Posting-Host: ts-h08-15-42.ucc.su.oz.au X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP) On 13-Mar-96 06:27:39 Noah I Rosenberg <integral@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu> purged his mind of its opinions of Re: Access 2 - Amiga Set-top Internet browser... >Joe Ragosta (jragosta@dca.net) wrote: >: In article <4hsrof$nor@twizzler.callamer.com>, csmith@slonet.org (C. >: Deforrest Smith) wrote: >: >: > Chris J Schnurr <cjs@icbl.hw.ac.uk> wrote: >: > >This appeared in Edinburgh's Herald & Post this week (7th March'96):- >: > >-----------------(paraphrased)------------------- >: > >A local Edinburgh company Access Innovations is producing a new >: > >all inclusive internet browser for approximately 1/5th the cost >: > >of current PC or Mac products. >: > > >: > >Based on Amiga technology, the product will be an all inclusive >: > >machine which allows access to the internet via phone lines and >: > >uses a standard television set as a monitor. >: > > >: > >Specs are : CD-ROM, 2 Mb RAM, floppy drives, internal modem, >: > >keyboard and mouse. >: > > >: > >The full package is expected to cost around 200.00 uk pounds and >: > >should be ready for early summer. >: >: ROTFL. This has less to offer than Pippin (6 MB of RAM and RISC chip) >: which is $500. Where does 1/5 the cost come from? >: >: Heck, you could buy a PowerMac 6100 for $1000 with 8/500/CD/cache for >: $1000. How is this 1/5 the cost? >: >: -- >2000 pounds comes out to about $259. That's less than the price of a 2000รบ Sterling=US$259? I'd suggest you find a new source for your FOREX rates... .-------------------------------, | Angus Mann | |-------------------------------| | Sydney, Australia | |eMail: amann@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU| l_______________________________j