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- From: chris@fuchal.demon.co.uk (Chris Appleton)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: AT sell only motherboard
- Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 15:11:27 GMT
- Message-ID: <1297.6670T685T2931@fuchal.demon.co.uk>
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- Hey, John Kelly, you mumbled somthing about Re: AT sell only motherboard on
- 04-Apr-96 21:06:14?
- JK> The Software Guru <y95thosu@isy.liu.se> writes:
- >> Wouldn't it be great if AT would sell the motherboard
- >> to Walker seperately, when they release it. That way
- >> all of us who have put their A1200 in a tower, just purchase
- >> the motherboard and replace the old one. That would
- >> be so much cheaper. Please, AT, if you read this, can't you
- >> at least think about it?
-
- JK> Dr PK has said that the Walker's motherboard is STANDARD pc-clone
- JK> dimensions, including mounting hole, and port placement.
-
- JK> You can buy the MB, and put it in any aftermarket PC case you want.
-
- Yes! Yes! Awooga! This is just the problem I was having, after DIY'ing myself
- a A1200T. And if it's standard clone-dized, I can even put the slots I hacked
- off back on and have myself some zorro.
-
- So really we could be seeing clones, at least from small-time manufacturers
- (sp?) who would buy a couple of motherboards and slap them in whatever design
- case was "fasionable" at the time.
-
- Cool. :)
-
- Chris
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