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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
- Date: 3 Apr 1996 17:53:54 GMT
- Organization: St. John's, NFLD, Canada
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- Gary Alan Peake (Gemini2@cup.portal.com) wrote:
- : >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.
-
- Great if you want to use a desktop case, not so great if you want to use a
- tower. The dimensions of the Walker seem to me to be too large to allow a
- horisontal placement in a tower case. A vertical placement would mean the
- daughterboards would be cramped or have to be slanted somehow.
-
- : >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.
-
- The upgradeable part is nice, would have been nicer 4 years ago, but it is
- nice all the same. Some people asked for black and other colors, nobody
- asked for tunnel shapes in my recollection. :)
-
- : >I don't think it looks organic, more like a model of an airplane hanger or a
- : >warehouse.
-
- : Or the shape of some people's heads around these parts ... :)
-
- Cone heads you mean? :) They still making amigas in France? ;)
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
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