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- From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A1200 Add-Ons
- Message-ID: <36983@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 02:31:32 GMT
- References: <1drhdrINN7d4@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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- In article <1drhdrINN7d4@agate.berkeley.edu> kevinm@ocf.berkeley.edu (Kevin Miller) writes:
- > I am very interested in the A1200, and look forward to it arriving here in the
- > states, but I have two concerns about adding hardware.
- >
- > From what I understand, the A1200 comes with only 2 meg chip RAM. How would
- > I go about adding 32-bit fast RAM? What cost is involved?
-
- There is provision for adding an expansion board through a port
- in the bottom, which could contain fast RAM. You can also add
- 16-bit "fast ram" via the PCMCIA port, though this is potentially
- not as fast and more expensive per bit.
-
- > From what I understand, the A1200 has no hard drive either. Will I be able
- > to EASILY add a hard drive (IDE or whatever)? I don't want to buy the
- > machine and then find out that I'm stuck with a floppy-based system. NEVER
- > again!
-
- This ins't quite correct. The A1200 can definitly be configured with
- a hard drive, it's just that the first systems for the UK were set up
- as floppy only systems. I'm not sure why, but I would expect hard drive
- systems and/or upgrade kits to be available soon, if not at the moment
- of release.
-
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