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From: jph@ais.org (Joseph Hillenburg)
Subject: Re: Wake Up Commodore!
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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1991 05:29:37 GMT

In article <1991Mar22.040419.27268@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>1) Attached keyboard is ugly

Yep, actually, I wish that C= would use audible IBM-type keyboards. (The only
thing IBM does right IS their keyboards...)

>2) I like the keyboard on my lap. Impossible here. Just an
>Ethanism though.

Gee, I can do this with my old A500! ) (Don't use it much anymore, my 2500
spoiled me )

>3) You can't put a monitor on top. This is very inconvenient if
>you don't have much space

The 1084 series will fit on top. You just either use the built-in stand or prop
up the back end.

>4) Very important though is the expandability. Yes, you can
>expand via the slot at the left, but you are paying a lot for
>extra casing and power supply, which also looks real ugly and
>gets even more in the way.

Commodore has a nasty habit with weak power supplies.

>	If it were possible to put a hard drive INSIDE the case,
>there would be a big cost savings for those who want an HD.

There was an ad in Amigaworld for one of these...

>	I certainly don't want the A500 to disappear. But there
>needs to be some model that is right for those who want a machine
>usable for real applications (i.e. a hard drive) and minimal
>expandability, in a well-designed machine. That is what I'm
>looking for.
>
>	-- Ethan
>
>
>Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb

A: 4, one to do it, one to write a flowchart illustrating how it's done,
one to complain about the logic errors in the process, and one to go
tattling to the teacher about how it was done wrong.


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    // Joseph Hillenburg/Blackwinter, Secretary, Bloomington Amiga Users Group 
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