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- From: rang@laputa.ics.uci.edu (Roger P. Ang)
- Subject: Re: Amiga 500 discontinued?
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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Reply-To: rang@ics.uci.edu (Roger P. Ang)
- Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
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- Date: 9 Sep 92 19:55:17 GMT
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- References: <zrawi01.715857264@indiaka> <ghazi.055a@wizofhoz.uucp> <sheldon.716046346@pv141b.vincent.iastate.edu>
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- In article <sheldon.716046346@pv141b.vincent.iastate.edu> sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon) writes:
- >If I understand correctly, the 68000 is also surface mounted.
- >So replacing it is not a solution, at least it would not be practical
- >cost wise, as you'd probably damage quite a few of the things to get one
- >right, if you could do it at all...
-
- If I remember, most of the chips in the 600 are surface mounted.
- So 3rd party internals are screwed.
-
- >Now if Commodore can just come out with a mid-priced model, say maybe a
- >16 Mhz 68030, or 68020 even priced around $1200 with a monitor and harddrive.
- >Oh well, we is dreaming...
-
- Let's say you buy a 600. Then you decide "gee, a faster processor
- would be nice." So you'll either have to ...
-
- Buy a new Amiga.
- or
- Get your 600 to a service center for upgrade. But wait,
- there's no service center within a 100 miles? Then you're screwed.
-
- At least with a 500 I can pop open the hood and add stuff without
- whipping out soldering iron.
-
- Roger P. Ang (rang@laputa.ics.uci.edu)
- Irvine? Where's Irvine? Grad student at the
- In the heart of the Orange Curtain. Dept. of Information & Computer Sci.
- Oh no! The poor fool. Univ. of California, Irvine.
-