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- From: Gemini2@cup.portal.com (Gary Alan Peake)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: AT sell only motherboard
- Date: 10 Apr 1996 19:20:41 -0700
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- >Pryor J R (c9608717@alinga.newcastle.edu.au) wrote:
- >: : Not really something to brag about. :) Should have been that way years ag
- o
- >.
- >
- >: But it hasn't, so we'll brag
- >
- >Hey guess what! Our car now has wheels! Yaaay!! :) Take that you wheel using
- >pukes!! :)
- >
- >: : : 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.
- >
- >: That's the way it should be. If AT is maong the majority of their
- >: money through hardware, it should probably be a bit hard for people
- >: to cut costs this way. I guess I would be saying different
- >: things if I didn't know how to do it.
- >
- >Well, if AT made their own drives etc, I might feel some sympathy for them. :)
- >All AT is doing is buying low, selling high with regard to drives and I
- >for one wouldn't feel too guilty about cutting out the middle man. :)
- >
- >Regards,
- >
- >BM
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- Quantity is what makes the difference in price.
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