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- From: kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jason 'KodaK' Balicki)
- Subject: Re: Quandry: Upgrade path
- Message-ID: <C0D4q2.4wy@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
- References: <1993Jan5.004029.21389@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 04:06:01 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan5.004029.21389@fcom.cc.utah.edu> val@news.ccutah.edu (Val Kartchner) writes:
- >I currently have an A2000 w/8MB of memory and a pre-ECS Agnes. I will
- >upgrade soon, but I haven't decided which path to take:
- >
- > 1) Get an accelerator (GVP G-Force '040 Combo: 33MHz '040, SCSI-2
- > controller, serial and parallel ports) and a 24-bit display
- > card (Opalvision). $1899 + $999 = $2898
- >
- > 2) A4000. $2699
- >
- >There are other considerations, but the main ones are:
- >
- > Option one gives me 8MHz more speed for $200, but only 16-bit bus.
-
- And is two hundred dollars more for 7 year old technology. The
- 16 bit bus would definately kill that 8MHz advantage quickly. With
- the modular processor in the A4000 getting a replacement would be
- trivial (and cheeper than getting one on the A2000 since you don't have
- to have on board 32-bit RAM.)
-
- > Option two gives me Zorro III and another Amiga, but no SCSI controller.
-
- The SCSI controler is trivial unless you already have a lot of SCSI
- equipment, if that is the case then you could a) move all of the SCSI
- stuff to the 4000 or b) use Parnet to share all equipment.
-
- >I'd like discussion because I haven't decided and would like additional input.
- >Also, I'm sure that I'm not the only one contemplating this.
-
- Since you're not worried about compatibility (as far as I know)
- by all means go for the A4000, you'll have current technology and most
- likely you'll be happier with it. Since I gather from context that you
- will keep the 2000 when you get the A4000 compatibility with older software
- is no longer an issue either, I say "Press on."
-
- >--
- >|================== #include <disclaimer.h> ==================///=============|
- >| "AMIGA: The computer for the creative mind" (tm) Commodore /// Weber State |
- >| "Macintosh: The computer for the rest of us"(tm) Apple \\\/// University |
- >|== "I think, therefore I AMiga" -- val@csulx.weber.edu ==\///= Ogden UT USA =|
-
- --Jason Balicki
- kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
-