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- From: ejszul@obscurity.pd.mcs.net (Eric Szulczewski)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: AmiTech Press Release on 1200 Surfer
- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 96 17:03:06 CST
- Organization: Principle of Obscurity BBS
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- Message-ID: <19960108.7788AD0.F11C@obscurity.pd.mcs.net>
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- In a message dated 01-02-96 02-01 Wells Fargo Bank writes:
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- WB> Eric Szulczewski (ejszul@obscurity.pd.mcs.net) wrote:
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- WB> : We can only hope that the web browser will be Netscape-compatible (and
- WB> : that they're working on the Java version). However, that isn't the
- WB> : biggest problem with the package. The biggest problem: the browser
- WB> : package is coming attached to a 1200, one of the biggest pieces of crap
- WB> : C= ever came up with.
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- WB> While your welcome to your opinion, I belive that the A1200 was a great
- WB> machine (outdated now, granted).
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- I don't. The 1200 was a great deal harder to expand than the 500 was.
- PCMCIA might have been a good idea, but the implementation was flawed.
- And by the time it came out, AGA was already outdated. Better than
- ECS, admittedly, but still deficient. Also, it lacked that killer
- piece of software that would make everyone run out and get one, if they
- could find a 1200, that is, because by this time C= had entered the
- marketing doldrums.
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- WB> On the other hand, most seem to agree
- WB> that Commodore decision of making the A600 was the biggest pieces of crap,
- WB> as you so elegantly put it, C= ever came up with.
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- Not really. The 600 was the BIGGEST piece of crap C= ever came up
- with. The 1200 is second, but far below the 600 on the crap scale.
- And it's made even worse by all the inside knowledge that people like
- Dave Haynie have revealed about the creation of the 600.
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- WB> It would be nice if the next A1200 variant had a detachable keyboard and
- WB> was housed in a super-mini tower. Sounds 'cute' and low cost.
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- Either mini-tower or pizza box would be acceptable. Something that's
- low-cost yet looks like a real computer, and is easily expandable.
- That would help its rep tremendously.
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- Eric Szulczewski
- ejszul@obscurity.pd.mcs.net
- Member, Team AMIGA
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