farren@well.UUCP (Mike Farren) (12/09/85)
In article <112@ulowell.UUCP>, page@ulowell.UUCP (Bob Page) writes: > > I called Tecmar sales this morning; they quoted me US$799 for the T-card > with 256KB and US$999 for the T-card with 1MB. The T-disk will be US$1495. > Both will be available "at the end of this month." The other two periphs > (tape, modem) are due around Jan and Feb, respectively. > Gawd. $799 for a 256K expansion? $200 more just to add $75 worth of chips? And $1495 for a hard disk???? I would have expected to see something closer to $300 for the 256K, $450 for the 1M, and at most $800 for the hard disk, $1000 for 20 Megs. There's only one word for those prices . . . ( :-) ) Seriously, at this point I would recommend STRONGLY that people stay clear of Tecmar, until prices go down, equipment is REALLY available, and there is a clear record of reliability established. -- Mike Farren uucp: {dual, hplabs}!well!farren Fido: Sci-Fido, Fidonode 125/84, (415)655-0667 USnail: 390 Alcatraz Ave., Oakland, CA 94618
bruceb@amiga.UUCP (Bruce Barrett) (12/10/85)
In defense of Techmar's prices the price for the T-card w/256k of RAM is not only for RAM. Also includes battery backup clock, serial and parallel (used for hard disk) ports. This is not an endorsement, just info. --BruceB Ok: Other questions that have been raised: ABasiC Animate command----- Give up on this. I refer you to the 1st page of the errata, referring to page R-96 "Note that the animate command might not be currently be implemented." We had hoped to get this in and working before the V1.0 release but it just didn't happen. It is, in fact not implemented. Our V1.1 release should be in the stores now (or Very soon) and your upgrade to Microsoft (oops Amiga)BASIC DOES do animation. To the person with 40 dotty windows all(?) updating when one is moved.... I tried this under V1.1 with only windows under the moved from and moved to locations updating. If you get 1.1 and still see the problem, please send more detailed info. Power and the Amiga... The following Commodore devices will draw power directly from the main box. They are all within spec (see your Hardware manual). What this really means is that you (or third party people) can/ could do this too. BUT keep it in spec! 256k expansion RAM (nose piece) 1st external drive Genloc Framegraber (Now called Amiga LIVE!) Accelerator Card (IBM emulation speed-up) --BruceB