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- From: dgentry@vlsi4.racal.com (Dave Gentry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
- Subject: Re: Newcomer (may move from 386 to Amiga :-))))
- Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 21:10:57 GMT
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- burchell@fox.nstn.ca (Paul Burchell) wrote:
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- >>Roland Bengtsson (roland.bengtsson@mbox3.swipnet.se) said:
- >>>>>interesting me. The thing is, I don't have any idea what
- >>>>>hardware I should get to get started. A1200? 2000? 3000? 4000?
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- >>> >:As for an Amiga. ONLY go for an A1200 or A4000. Others are out dated,
- >>> >:and don`t have the "AGA" (or "AA" if you like) chipset. You *could*
- >>> >:wait for the
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- >>>An A3000 is also a good option. It's fast 25 Mhz 68030, can display 15 Khz
- >>>on a cheap VGA-monitor, has builtin SCSI. It's a "real" box with separate
- >>>keyboard. If you add a gfxcard you had much better performance than AGA,
- >>>but of course you can't play AGA-games.
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- >>Yes, a 3000 is a far better prospect than a 4000.
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- >>--
- >I was planning on buying a 4000,changed my mind,gonna install a 060/50MHZ C-
- >Storm & a C64 GFX Card in my 3000,alot Cheaper then buying a New 4000T,more
- >Speed too
- >I'm planning on running a Multinode BBS so it'll help,i now run a 1 line BBS
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- >Paul..
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- The only problem with the A3000 is the availability of Static Column
- Zip RAM expansions. They are a bit more rare and expensive than the
- standard SIMM module, but an A3000 with graphics card and '040
- accelerator would kick serious butt...
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- This is from an A1200 owner no less..
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- D. G.
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