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- From: Gemini2@cup.portal.com (Gary Alan Peake)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
- Date: 2 Apr 1996 20:20:14 -0800
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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- >Mike Smith (mikes@interport.net) wrote:
- >: So is it one section that you can add for boards? How tall? I think the
- >
- >Tall enough so that you can't use a mid tower case would be my guess. :)
-
- The mother board is sized and drilled to fit a standard pc case.
-
- >: look of the new machine is PHENOMENAL!! Brilliant idea to make it so
- >: different and controversial- I've heard it compared to more than a dozen
- >: different things- my latest favorite is it looks like a crab!
- >
- >I think it has a retro look as opposed to a futuristic look, old windup
- >clocks, old wooden radios, 60's toasters, etc. The prototype pics remind me
- >of a radio shack project box, not in any one detail but in general look.
- >I doesn't strike me as professional, not even as professional as the a1200
- >case, and it doesn't seem slick enough to be trendy and what AT is doing
- >taking chances on being trendy is beyond me.
-
- Maybe that's the benefit of having a responsive mother company? We asked
- for 'black in color and something different'. They have definitely given us
- that! We also wanted easily upgradeable ... it is.
-
- Next ...
-
- >: makes walker look even MORE organic. (I'd REALLY like to know this info if
- >: it's not too much trouble- I have to have fuel for obsession!)
- >
- >I don't think it looks organic, more like a model of an airplane hanger or a
- >warehouse.
- >
- >Regards,
- >
- >BM
-
- Or the shape of some people's heads around these parts ... :)
-
- Gary Peake "Mystic Meg" Fellow AMIGA Users:
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