soh@shiva.trl.oz (kam hung soh) (07/27/90)
colas@avahi.inria.fr (Colas Nahaboo) writes: [ ... reply to question on upgrade from CoCo3 to Atari ST ...] >In my opinion, get a taiwanese 386 PC VGA compatible. That's the route I will >follow as soon as they will cost less than the price I payed my first ST, >about $1500 (now you have a 286 for this price). I had STs for the past three >years, enjoyed them, but their time is counted... The amiga may survive since >it has a credible successor with the A3000, but it is much more expensive than >PC-compatibles for non professional graphic uses. Speaking from Melbourne, Commodore dealers have reduced the price of a 68020 upgrade for the Amiga 2000 by as much as a third in anticipation of the Amiga 3000. It is now possible to get an Amiga with as much grunt as a 386 VGA machine with windowing software. (NO! No wars here! If you want to dissuade me, send email!) As an aside: have you noticed that when people compare IBM-clones with either the Atari ST or Amigas, they thoughtfully neglect to mention how much it costs to get a mouse, windowing software, a fast graphics card, an operating system that multitasks, and enough memory to get it working? My impression is that buying a IBM-clone with all the add-ons and legitimate software would cost more than an equivalent Amiga or ST. Second aside: I read a rather biased article in some so-called professional magazine (it was so biased I forgot the title) about animation on the Apple Mac. It started with the writer wondering why the Mac couldn't do colour animation like the Amigas, and ended with a recommendation to buy a 24-bit colour card for the Mac II. That writer (again, thoughtfully) forgot to mention how much such a colour card would cost, and concluded by saying that Mac users now had the same opportunities as Amiga users in doing animation. --- Soh, Kam Hung email: h.soh@trl.oz.au tel: +61 03 541 6403 Telecom Research Laboratories, P.O. Box 249, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
soh@shiva.trl.oz (kam hung soh) (08/01/90)
soh@shiva.trl.oz (kam hung soh) writes: >Speaking from Melbourne, Commodore dealers have reduced the price of >a 68020 upgrade for the Amiga 2000 by as much as a third in >anticipation of the Amiga 3000. ... Ooops! Made a mistake there. The shop is in New South Wales, not Melbourne. I've just had an inquiry and realised my mistake when I reread the advertisement in the Australian Commodore and Amiga Review (July 1990). Serves me right for shooting off my article without checking. Soh, Kam Hung email: h.soh@trl.oz.au tel: +61 03 541 6403 Telecom Research Laboratories, P.O. Box 249, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
vilkas@ultima.cs.uts.oz (Jhary a Conel) (08/02/90)
soh@shiva.trl.oz (kam hung soh) writes: >soh@shiva.trl.oz (kam hung soh) writes: >>Speaking from Melbourne, Commodore dealers have reduced the price of >>a 68020 upgrade for the Amiga 2000 by as much as a third in >>anticipation of the Amiga 3000. ... >Ooops! Made a mistake there. The shop is in New South Wales, not >Melbourne. I've just had an inquiry and realised my mistake when I >reread the advertisement in the Australian Commodore and Amiga Review >(July 1990). WHERE? Please inform where this was & what price! I would dearly love to turbo charge my 2000. Jhary a Conel aka vilkas