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- From: ejszul@obscurity.pd.mcs.net (Eric Szulczewski)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: The March Amiga?
- Date: Sun, 31 Dec 95 23:42:22 CST
- Organization: Principle of Obscurity BBS
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- Message-ID: <19951231.793C7C0.15195@obscurity.pd.mcs.net>
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- In a message dated 12-29-95 08-06 J. Poag writes:
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- JP> If Amiga Tech unveils another fucking machine with a non-detatachable
- JP> keyboard, they can kiss my buying dollar goodbye.
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- JP> If they unveil a machine with anything LESS than a 500 meg hard drive,
- JP> they can kiss my bucks goodbye on that account as well. 500-meg HD's
- JP> are so cheap these days, you have difficulty even FINDING them for sale.
- JP> Any Joe Schmoe on the street can pick up a 1 gig >SCSI< for $200 these
- JP> days. IDE is even cheaper. There is absolutely no excuse for anything
- JP> less.
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- JP> If Amiga Tech unveils another BEIGE machine, for christs sake, even after
- JP> promising simple little changes like these when they first took over the
- JP> rights to the Amiga, I, and others, will look elsewhere to purchase a new
- JP> machine. Its fucking PLASTIC, guys. Think. There isn't some magic,
- JP> precious-chemical which makes 10x more expensive if its black, or grey.
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- JP> If Amiga Tech unveils the machine at March CeBIT, and it doens't have
- JP> high density drives, goodbye.
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- JP> If they try to push what is by most accounts, outdated technology in a
- JP> new box with a new sticker, they can take a flying leap on that one as
- JP> well.
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- Well, hell has just frozen over. I can't argue with anything Poag said
- on this one. When the specs come out for the 1300, let's see Gary
- Peake and all the AT apologists on here defend them if they're anything
- like what's described.
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- Eric Szulczewski
- ejszul@obscurity.pd.mcs.net
- Member, Team AMIGA
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