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- Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!newsroom.utas.edu.au!probitas!pad
- From: pad@probitas.cs.utas.edu.au (Paul A Daniels)
- Subject: Re: A1200, SysInfo benchmark tests.
- Message-ID: <pad.722062611@probitas>
- Sender: news@newsroom.utas.edu.au
- Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
- References: <1992Nov2.173933.26512@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1992Nov2.200802.7834@cs.olemiss.edu> <DQa+r*kj1@caleb.UUCP> <1992Nov17.220812.29660@trl.oz.au>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 04:56:51 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- In <1992Nov17.220812.29660@trl.oz.au> mathers@sibelius.trl.oz.au (Steven Mathers) writes:
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- >In article <DQa+r*kj1@caleb.UUCP>, jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett) writes:
- >|> In article <1992Nov2.200802.7834@cs.olemiss.edu>, Skip Sauls writes:
- >|>
- >|> > so, but the amount of whining about the A1200 is almost as bad as that about
- >|> > the A4000. What in the world do people expect?
- >|>
- >|> The folks on this net expect to get the best, fastest, newest technology in a
- >|> laptop package for under $500 - no, that is too expensive, make that price $1.
- >|>
- >|> 68040 at 50 Mhz. (or 100 Mhz Alpha or...)
- >|> fast Gigabyte hard drive (or three)
- >|> CD-ROM jukebox
- >|> DAT
- >|> DSP
- >|> 2048x2048x24 display
- >|> at least 20 Meg ultra fast static RAM
- >|> 8 Meg ultra fast CHIP RAM
- >|> 20 Meg Floptical drive
- >|> 5.25" HD drive
- >|> emulation mode that runs ALL software for ALL computers faster than the original
- >|> computer
- >|>
- >|> and free software and hardware updates for life.
-
-
- >Put me down for 1...no hang on, no slots??? How can I expand the thing?
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- >Another Commodore fuck-up!
-
- What the h*ll, does this guy think we are made of money it's still too expensive
- !!!
- There is no way I would fork out $1 for a computer without an external keyboard!
- I'd be willing to pay $1.50 if they put an external keyboard on it, but as it
- is Nooooo way!
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