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- From: enger@arco7.cc.bbsrc.ac.uk (john enger)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Future Amiga cases
- Date: 16 Jan 1996 15:01:09 GMT
- Organization: BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
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- Marco Spaccavento (colonel@shell02.ozemail.com.au) wrote:
- : I think it might have something to do with the fact that PCs need all
- : those slots for sound cards, graphics cards, video cards etc. and there
- : wound probably not be room for it in an A1200 (or A500) sized case).
-
- Sorry? Hasn't anyone here seen any portable PC's recently? Full colour,
- 16 bit sound, 1 gig HD's, CD-ROMs, the whole shebang! Of course they're
- damn expensive, but thats mostly due to the display.
- My point being PC's `could' (and are) made in small single caes, but very
- few people actually want them, and those that do are happy to pay a premium
- for them.
-
- I strongly believe putting the 1200 in a mini-tower case would be a v. good
- move, and any cost increases caused by a m/b redesign would (in the long
- term) be more than offset by the savings made from using standard cases etc.
- And don't forget, the bigger HD's are *so* much cheaper!
-
- A PC minitower case with 200W PSU is about 30 quid. An amiga 25W PSU with
- no case the machine cost me 35 quid. A cheap to buy *and* cheap to expand
- amiga. If only...
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- A1200, 40 Mhz '030, 2+4Mb RAM, 80Mb HD, 1960 MSync Monitor. ///
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