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- Subject: Re: Acorn Press Release 1 of 8 (Summary)
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- From: Philip.Banks@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Philip Richard Banks)
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 05:27:55 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep2.191104.9697@cs.nott.ac.uk> smb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Simon Burrows) writes:
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- >
- >I get the strong impression that the A4000 was very much a late addition
- >to the Acorn family. I have various items of Acorn literature which
- >mention the A3010 and A3020, but not the A4000 (eg RISC OS 3.10 Release
- >Notes). Also at the pre-release demonstrations, it was fitted with a
- >standard A5000 keyboard (so I am told), whilst at the actual launch it
- >was fitted with a PC standard keyboard.
- >
- >Regarding all of the new machines, will it be possible to increase their
- >speed at all? ARM250 is not particularly fast, and I would doubt if an
- >ARM3 could be fitted. Perhaps we will have to wait for future developments?
-
- Methinks you have missed the whole point of these machines. They are the
- middle range machines with the A5000 & A540 being the top end and the A3000 at
- the bottom. They aren't meant to be especially fast - merely good value for
- money. Something I think they have acheived IMHO.
-
- To be honest if I didn't have my sights set on an A5000 (maybe an A4 later
- on when I can afford it) I'd be happy with these new machines. But then I have
- a bog standard A3000...
-
- Philip
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- Philip R. Banks pbanks@comp.vuw.ac.nz (An Arc owner with a mission) @@@@@/|
- (Quite what mission I am not too sure yet. But I do have one!) @@@@/#|
- "There may be an om in moment,but there's very few folk in focus!" @@@/--|
- --'Hallowed be thy Name' by Emerson,Lake & Palmer. @@/###|
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