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From: [e-mail] (Thomas Clancy)
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Subject: Re: The March Amiga?
Date: 17 Jan 1996 23:14:47 GMT
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On or about 16 Jan 1996 09:53:43 GMT, George Noel ([e-mail]) did proclaim:

( Installing one chip is not that expensive at a dealer Byron especially
( when warranty concerns are in question.

George, this one would be.  All the chips (except the roms) in the 1200
are Surface mounted and would require a fair amount of time/care.  It's
not a job for the light hearted, or half the technicians I know.  And
at $69.00/hr for most Electronics shops, it would cost a small fortune.
I wouldn't want anyone that hadn't done this before, and especially if
they don't have access to the parts they might destroy in the process.
=)

( >Assuming they compare amigas to amigas and nothing else.  If they can find an
( >old amiga to compare the new ones to.

( What are you talking about?  Why would someone have to compare a new
( Amiga to an old one? If it is a new buyer, then who cares about the old
( Amiga 8 bit sound when they would be comparing it to the PC 16 bit sound?

Everyone that wants to spend 1-4k on a machine and actually have
software for it when they buy it.

( drive is only starting to possibly set foot into the industry, albeit it
( at an increasing and good rate.

Nah, the Z and J drives are here to stay. Very cheap! Regardless, one
would still require a floppy =)

( >Sure it is, never said it wasn't.  Atari ST, yeah look. :)

( Not now as it is not made anymore but for awhile the ST was preferred
( over the Amiga for its music programs and a lot of musicians used the ST,

And beta was a much superior media than VHS, too. But it didn't really
survive.  You have to give the people what they want, not necessarily
(sp?) what is "best", to survive.

( >On a c64, George, hardly the same thing. :)  Anyway, you have to learn how to

( Why are you being computer specific? A hard drive is a hard drive no

George, what he means by this (my interpretation) is that it's all
relative.  That is, you'd appreciate a HD (and prefer) over a floppy
when you have to start using 11MB programs.  Hell, a full install of
Word Perfect for windows is ~40MB.  60MB for WinFaxPro!  Try swapping
out all those floppies ;')

( That same Hard Drive can also be used on an Amiga and IBM.. what is your
( point pointing out that fact? Because you think it makes me look less
( because I am smart in using my resources to the fullest and the fact I am
( using it on an older computer for now you think it doesn't matter? You
( have too of a narrowminded viewpoint to make your points credible.

Hrm... see above.

( Byron, you did the same thing with your A1000 and could do little else as
( you never expanded it past 512k.  I did nothing else but play games huh?
( Little that you know!

Let's keep the personal stuff personal, people.

Cheers!
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