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- From: Martyn Weber <martyn@blacksun.u-net.com>
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- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
- Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 08:56:30 +0000
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- Wessel Dankers wrote:
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- > > The motherboard features two SIMM sockets, on which the memory can be
- > > increased up to 128 MB. The main processor used will be the 680EC30 / 4=
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- > ^^^^^^^^^^^=
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- > Even Escom itself sells (sold?) a Pentium/75 for under $1250.
- > That's including a 14" monitor.
- > I think this is where the crunch comes, I wonder if AT realise when they =
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- compare price differences between a PC and Amiga, that the AMiga does =
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- not come with a monitor. The monitor adds a lot to the cost of an Amiga.
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- If you shop around in the UK computer fairs you can pick up a 75Mhz =
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- pentium board, case, 24bit vid card, 1 Gb Hard disk, high speed serial =
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- (x2) etc... for about=A3200 less than a floppy based Amiga with monitor =
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- and 2Mb RAM.
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- I preffer the AMiga as an environment, but my lack of ability to obtain =
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- developer material from AT, coupled with a recent trip to a computer =
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- fair means I am now typing this on a PC (although its a 386DX i bought =
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- cheap <=A3100 inclusive and am going to turn into a file server for =
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- development work on the PC platform).
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