adam@hpmtlx.HP.COM ($Adam Kao) (07/08/88)
Chuck McManis wrote:
The Amiga 1500, is an Amiga family machine with the extended chip set.
It comes with 1 Megabyte of CHIP ram on the motherboard, 512K of Kickstart
ROM, a detached keyboard, one built in 3.5" floppy and one built in 3.5"
bay which can hold either a hard disk or additional floppy. There is a
DMA SCSI interface built onto the motherboard. On the back are connectors
for a parallel port, serial port, SCSI disk, RGB video, composite video
(color), stereo audio, and the coverplate for the internal Zorro II slot.
mouse connectors are on the side and _no_ 86 pin expansion connector.
Design is ergonomic with a keyboard "garage" and a tilt/swivel monitor
that sits on top. (The monitor is separate but the base is designed to
sit squarely on the top of the machine.)
The base price of the system unit with one floppy is $995. A complete
two floppy system sells for $1495, the hard disk system (w/40 Meg
hard disk) sells for $1895. This includes either an RGB "standard"
monitor, or a bi-sync greyscale monitor. High resolution color monitors
would of course be extra, but not more than another $250.
:
:
Well Commodore, you build one, and I'll buy it, I promise.
Hear hear! I'll buy one too. I'd even be willing to pay up to a couple
hundred dollars more than the prices Chuck quoted. (Don't know if anyone
else would, though :-))
"The 1500, the one true upgrade path"
-Buddha
smaug@eneevax.UUCP (Kurt J. Lidl) (07/09/88)
In article <2129@hubcap.UUCP> disd@hubcap.UUCP (Gary Heffelfinger) writes: >From article <59170@sun.uucp>, by cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis): >> [Deleted to save net bandwidth] >[Dream system description deleted...] >> Most people will of course want to expand this thing by plugging in a >> memory card to the internal slot although the possibility is left open >> for any Zorro II compatible card. Note the card would be "side" mounted >> to minimize the elevation of this thing. >Aw shucks. The ZII cards aren't *that* tall. Stand them up. Put 2 or >3 slots in the baby. (Jack up the price a few bucks if you have to.) >Put only one slot in it and you'll have to call it the Amiga SE. :-) IMHO, I think that machine should have at *least* three slots in it. (Note: no smilies here!). Have a meg on the motherboard, and standard Zorro II slots in it. Just sorta imagine it as a b2000 without those useless Bridge board slots on it. If you can squeeze it into a Baby AT case, go for it! OOps! Almost forgot - you gotta put the equivilent of the 2090A on the motherboard! (no internal HD as the bare system, but with the scsi there, the potential is almost unlimited!) >I've been wavering between the price of >the 500 and the expandability of the 2000. Bring out the 1500 and I'll >plunk my cash down on the spot. I too, would invest in this machine! (And I already have a b2000, with 3 megs of ram - no scsi drive yet, but as soon as the 2090A is out, watch out world!) >> --Chuck McManis >Gary Heffelfinger -- ================================================================== == Kurt J. Lidl (smaug@eneevax.umd.edu) (301)454-6849 == == UUCP: [seismo,allegra]!umcp-cs!eneevax!smaug == ========"It's after 3am, no point in going to sleep now..."=======
wilson@nova.laic.uucp (Robin Wilson) (07/12/88)
In article <1599@eneevax.UUCP>, smaug@eneevax.UUCP (Kurt J. Lidl) writes: > > IMHO, I think that machine should have at *least* three slots in it. > (Note: no smilies here!). Have a meg on the motherboard, and standard > Zorro II slots in it. Just sorta imagine it as a b2000 without those > useless Bridge board slots on it. If you can squeeze it into a Baby AT > case, go for it! OOps! Almost forgot - you gotta put the equivilent > of the 2090A on the motherboard! (no internal HD as the bare system, > but with the scsi there, the potential is almost unlimited!) > == Kurt J. Lidl (smaug@eneevax.umd.edu) (301)454-6849 == Yeah I agree. I would buy one of these. If I could get the 2000 without the IBM PeeCee Cr*p on it i'd buy it in a minute, of course it would have to sell for less than $1000 (plus monitor). Right now I have seen 2000's for as low as $1400 and 500's for $569 so 1K would come out just right. (OK maybe with the A2090A as an option. But not taking up a slot.) R.D. Wilson "Go Sooner's '88. OU #1!"
lel@wuphys.UUCP (Lyle E. Levine) (07/13/88)
In article <295@laic.UUCP> wilson@nova.laic.uucp (Robin Wilson) writes: >In article <1599@eneevax.UUCP>, smaug@eneevax.UUCP (Kurt J. Lidl) writes: >> >> IMHO, I think that machine should have at *least* three slots in it. >> (Note: no smilies here!). Have a meg on the motherboard, and standard >> Zorro II slots in it. Just sorta imagine it as a b2000 without those >> useless Bridge board slots on it. If you can squeeze it into a Baby AT >Yeah I agree. I would buy one of these. If I could get the 2000 >without the IBM PeeCee Cr*p on it i'd buy it in a minute, of course it >would have to sell for less than $1000 (plus monitor). Right now I have The IBM slots on the 2000 don't cost much! You CERTAINLY can't cut out >$500 by dropping a few traces and internal connectors. All the circuitry is on the bridge board that you don't have to buy if you don't want it. (I sure don't!) Now if you want to change the 2000 into a 1500, how about just replacing the IBM slots with additional Amiga slots? I'd have much preferred this setup. Do I expect such a system to be cheaper? No. But I LIKE having room for mucho internal expansion and power to run it. Personally, I think getting an internally expandable machine with the power of the Amiga, 3 Meg of RAM, and a 48 Meg SCSI DMA HD for $3000 is a fantastic deal! Oh well, to each his own... ========== IBM is a Division of Sirius Cybernetics Corporation "their fundamental design flaws are completely hidden by their superficial design flaws." - "So Long And Thanks For All The Fish" Lyle Levine: Paths -> ihnp4!wuphys!lel Best way: (314)889-6379 uunet!wucs!wuphys!lel