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- From: philw@xplor.com (P A Williamson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
- Date: 16 Mar 1996 18:29:49 GMT
- Organization: Redland Sky Toys
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- In article <4i1590$csa@valour.pem.cam.ac.uk>, cbrown@armltd.co.uk (Chris
- Brown) wrote:
-
- > You're not thinking are you? The 68EC030 costs next to nothing. This
- > means that people can buy the machine for a hopefully low price, and
- > then upgrade the CPU to suit their requirements to a 68040, 68060, PPC
- > 603 or PPC 604. Now, have you any idea how much a 68060 costs? What
- > would be the point on putting an expensive CPU in the machine when
- > it's going to be effectivley thrown away in a few months? Personally,
- > I'd rather have a $20 CPU being written off than a $200 CPU.
-
- Right on Chris...
-
- I look at it like buying a PCI motherboard that will take a Pentuim
- rated from 75-200 mhz....but springing for a 100 mhz CPU cuz my wallet
- won't quite allow the 133+ mhz version.
-