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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: The New Ami: a right step!
- Date: 17 Mar 1996 18:52:54 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Message-ID: <4ihn26$294@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
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- Manou BILLA (manou.billa@ci.educ.lu) wrote:
-
- : >I think the new Amiga is a step in the right direction with
- : >it's modularity and expandability. Also the fact that it can be
- : >turned into a tower is very positive and shows that AT is on
- : >the right path.
-
- : I think AT does use the NEW tower system developed by Mikronik in Germany.
- : This tower system is called INFINITIV and can to upgraded from a minitower to
- : a big tower! Just open it (NO SCREWS just pop it up) insert a new drive frame
- : or more (again with no screws) and you're ready to go!
- : This tower can even be used with any AMIGA motherboard, even MAC or PC
- : motherboards can be installed.
- : The complete tower cas is made of PVC and everything is put togethre with no
- : screws! Apparently it is a strong construction.
-
- Sounds nice but I hope you would be able to use all PC tower cases not just
- this fancy one which will probably cost more than something you could get
- locally. Ie. a PC tower case that can take amiga motherboards is not the
- same necessarily as an amiga motherboard that can go inside any PC tower case.
-
- The use of standard io chips is good, I hope they use such standards with
- the keyboard electronics too. It would be nice if you could use a PC mouse
- without hacking too. I think internal modems is out, AT would have to go
- out of its way to support them but they really should avoid proprietary
- systems unless there is nothing better out there. From the price of the
- A4000, zorro III slots must cost a fortune. :)
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
-
-