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- From: cs92mms2@brunel.ac.uk (Madhu Surendranath)
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- Subject: Re: New slot box Amiga
- Date: 18 Mar 1996 00:18:47 -0000
- Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
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- Chris Hall (chall@clover.cleaf.com) wrote:
-
- : If AT had been paying attention to what we were saying last year, they
- : wouldn't have had the sales problems. Many of us were suggesting that
- : they make some minor updates on the 1200 before they tooled up to make
- : them. There are a number of things that would have been easy for them to
- : add before they tooled up. Things like a 68030, SCSI, keyboard disable
- : jumper w/external keyboard port, etc. Simple things like this wouldn't
- : have been that difficult to add then and would make a big difference in
- : sales in the long run. Also they wouldn't have had to modify the case so
- : existing A1200 users would have been paying good money for the upgraded
- : motherboard.
-
- Surprisingly, you are not alone in thinking this.....
-
- Check out this report on Amiga Format Magazine April 1996......
-
- "A Question of Inventory"
-
- I'm not going to type in the whole article, but the crucial lines are :-
-
- "Allegedly, technical staff at Solectron informed Escom GmbH that replacement
- of the current 14MHz 68020 processor with a 50MHz 68030 processor was
- technically feasible, relatively simple to do, and required minimal engineering
- and cost. Solectron also allegedly proposed the placement of two SIMM slots
- directly onto the A1200 motherboard"
-
- "Amiga Technologies allegedly rejected the proposal despite the fact that the
- difference in unit price between the 68030 and the 68020 is minimal"
-
- The article continues.....
-
- Now, my question is that instead of producing the A1200 in it's CBM form, why
- didn't they choose this option?
-
- Madhu.
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- | _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ | Madhu Surendranath |
- | _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ | Fourth Year Computer Scientist |
- | _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ | Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK |
- | _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ | "One man CAN make a difference..." |
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