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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
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- From: wfblan@netcom.com (Wells Fargo Bank)
- Subject: CPU MHz in A1200+
- Message-ID: <wfblanDKJ8Cw.1tn@netcom.com>
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- Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 02:31:44 GMT
- Sender: wfblan@netcom13.netcom.com
-
- This keeps coming to my mind and troubling me, so I will go ahead and share
- my thoughts on this point.
-
- It would make good business sense to me for AT to include a 50Mhz 030 with
- the next generation of A1200 rather than a 40Mhz. For a ocuple of reasons.
-
- 1. The 030/50 is barely acceptable for a number of different applications
- and is just beginning to reach slow 486 speeds.
-
- 2. Any 030 upgrade from 030/40 won't be enough to make it worthwhile or
- cost effective for the end-user.
-
- 3. Using the 030/50 would allow purchasers of new Amigas to be able to
- concentrate on 040 and 060 and PPC CPU upgrades which will benefit
- the Amiga in the long run.
-
- Please consider these things AT. An 030/40 seems to be a less productive
- choice. If the cost is more, I an pretty sure the end users would be happy
- to pay an extra $30 or so for the extra 10MHz of speed. I would!
-
- PS. Consider including a full 68030 with MMU for the sake of runnic UNIX
- and other things that require MMU. Now is the time to show what the Amiga
- can do, not give just the bare minimum like Commodore always did. Oh, and
- are you including the FPU socket on the A1200+ motherboard as I requested? :)
-
- Good work, and God Bless! AT, I'm behind you all the way. Get a pooled
- funded Advertising Campaign going in the US. You can continue the way you
- are in the US and make a 'little' profit, or go for it, and make 'a lot' of
- profit! Up to you guys. The A1200+ with the Surfer package could be your
- first workable door into the US market. Mainstream Magazine Ads, and as some
- have suggested, possibly an Infomercial.
-
- Rob Bamford
- (wfblan@netcom.com)
-
-
- AMIGA - "Back for the Future!"
-
-