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- From: sproven@cs.strath.ac.uk (Simon B Proven IE91)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: Re: New Acorn Kit out today (27/08/92)
- Message-ID: <10380@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 12:33:53 GMT
- References: <1992Aug27.105342.25467@cs.hw.ac.uk>
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- In article <1992Aug27.105342.25467@cs.hw.ac.uk> neilp@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Postlethwaite) writes:
- >Comment: A3010 *Green Function keys* yeuch. Still it may appeal to the
- > Nintendo crown I s'pose.
-
- Actually it looks ok - no worse than red function keys anyway.
-
- > RISCOS 3.1 FINALLY. START THE PARTY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- > (bet there will be massive delays supplying though !!)
-
- And what about the price! #49 for the lot is another bargain (that price
- will stay till mid-1993)
-
- > All in all this seems like a reasonable shot in the arm. Still
- > a touch expensive compared to the competition (esp the A4000 which
- > is close to the A5000).
-
- Well... they have reduced the A5000 by #100 and doubled the hard disk size,
- so that's an improvement. As for comparing with the Amiga 600, the 600
- doesn't have *anything* like the CPU speed of the A3010.
-
- > Now we know why Acorn were desperate to shit the A3000's over the
- > summer with the tacky special offer.
-
- It's their right to stay afloat - would you rather they went under due to
- a few thousand unsold computers in a warehouse?
-
- I reckon now's the right time to write the best game yet for the Arc. ;)
-
- >Neil
-
- mad@bike
-