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- From: fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
- Subject: Re: Golden Gate 486!!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.070314.5675@desire.wright.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 12:03:14 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.175436.16779@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA>
- Organization: Wright State University
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- In article <1992Nov17.175436.16779@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA>, tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov17.154327.7986@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung) writes:
- >
- >
- >>PS: BTW, I was reading Amiga Format, and came across an article saying
- >> Commodore has released a new 386sx BB. According to the article, it
- >> comes with 2MB of ram, usable by both the BB and the Amiga, and
- >> only costs #250. Is that true? Is this the same board we have been
- >> talking about for months? or is this a new board? either way,
- >> #250 sounds good! Any hope we can get it for US$400?
- >
- But, to have a setup comparable to a PC clone in all aspects, you
- would still need a VGA card, and a dedicated hard drive and
- controller. That also takes up two slots and a drive bay inside
- your Amiga. Then you will also need a monitor switcher box.
- Thus add another $50+$300+$100+$30=$480. For ~$900.00 you can by
- a complete no-name 386sx clone with HD and monitor!!
-
- Now if Commodore improved the graphics performance to 16-color
- VGA and brought the fake HD performance up to an acceptable level
- so that you didn't need the add-ons for serious work, the 386sx BB
- would be a good deal, even if it costs a couple hundred more. The
- BB would then be perfect for its intended purposed IMHO. To run
- the productivity software not available for the Amiga.
-
- > This is new to me.
- >
- Sorry, I'm in a bit of a BB-bashing mood since I found the A2286s hardware
- bugs.
- Fred Heitkamp, ** Not an organization, My opinions only **
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