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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: 1996 Amiga Home Computer?
- Date: 2 Jan 1996 19:52:52 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
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- Martin Leslie Baker (mlb@rekab.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- : What I've spent in the last 3 years would buy me a really good P130 today,
- : but I preferred the modular approach of expanding my system as and when
- : I've needed to, and of course I preferred the AmigaOS.
-
- What are you referring to here? There is little modular about expanding amigas
- if anything the PC has gone that route. It would be nice for some people if
- the PPC amiga had the same expansion connector as the a1200 but just about
- everything that goes into the a1200 there will be made obsolete with this
- machine. That makes the a1200 a bic lighter, just like the a500 was.
-
- : Bottom line is this, if I were buying a system from scratch today, I
- : wouldn't even consider an Amiga, it's too old and too damn expensive.
-
- Which is why I say there will be no new blood until the PPC amiga comes down
- the pipe. All AT is doing now is soaking up the remainging a500 straglers
- along with a few of thier friends.
-
- : But we must all remember what sold Amigas in volume, value for money
- : combined with the fact that _anyone_ could buy their Amiga, take it home,
- : plug it into the TV and use it.
-
- Only really valid during the ECS era and 1.3 os. From 2.x onward floppy usage
- became a challenge and AGA just added to it by teasing you with more colors.
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
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