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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: AT sell only motherboard
- Date: 7 Apr 1996 20:40:04 GMT
- Organization: St. John's, NFLD, Canada
- Message-ID: <4k9974$eqm@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
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- Brian Bell (omni128@wolfenet.com) wrote:
- : On Wed, 3 Apr 1996, Dave Gentry wrote:
-
- : re: AT selling the Walker motherboard separately
-
- : > I saw a post or FAQ recently that said they would be selling the
- : > motherboard separately.
-
- : It was mentioned as a possibility in an IRC conference log I read, but
- : AFAIK it is not set in stone.
-
- : If it were sold separately, AT could adjust the cost so it would produce
- : the same profit margin as the cased version. Considering assembly labor
- : and the case costs, it should be possible for at least 147 Deutch Marks
- : ($100 USD) less.
-
- I assume motherboard means motherboard and not motherboard with the cdrom,
- floppy drive, mouse, keyboard, power supply brick etc? It would be more
- that $100 US less.
-
- : It would also showcase the new modular Amigas' ability to be housed in
- : standard "PC Box" casings and use their power supplies, keyboards, etc.
-
- Not really something to brag about. :) Should have been that way years ago.
-
- : I for one am very happy with Amiga Technologies decision to use standard
- : dimensions and drillings for the new model!
-
- All that means is that you can screw the motherboard onto a PC case. I
- suspect it still would require hacking to complete the job.
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
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