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- From: mjesus@ix.netcom.com (Manuel Jesus Jr. )
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Multiple versions of the Walker?
- Date: 10 Apr 1996 14:13:48 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
- Message-ID: <4kgfms$21i@dfw-ixnews8.ix.netcom.com>
- References: <4ka6ov$rn0@aggedor.rmit.EDU.AU> <1996Apr10.063030.4865@sfov1.verifone.com>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-jc7-06.ix.netcom.com
- X-NETCOM-Date: Wed Apr 10 9:13:48 AM CDT 1996
-
-
- > How much more would it cost? $100 $200 We'll pay it. If they
- >don't put the 060 on the motherboard then we'll be forced to pay $1000
- >for an 060 expansion board which will double the cost of the machine.
-
- This is true, I'm embarassed to tell my pc/mac user friends that the
- fstest proccessor the amiga can handle runs at only 50 Mghtz. I'm even
- more embarassed when they scoff about the prices for the Amgiga
- 040/060cpu cards...
-
- >Amiga Technologies are you listening? Give us the choice of either an
- >030 or 060 on the motherboard. The rest of the design can remain
- exactly
- >the same.
-
- Well, IMHO...
- True, it's 1996 damn it! Time to put and 040/060, high density floppy,
- and 4xcdrom as STANDARD in the new flagship Amiga, even if it's more
- expensive! Look at the rest of the industrty, who even sells a machine
- these days with no CDrom, hdfloppy, or fast cpu???
-
- MJesus
-