grv@tahoma.ARPA (Jerry VandenHeuvel) (08/31/87)
I've been looking at various expansion units (disk, memory, clock/calendar, etc.) to add to my A1000 for about six months now (still waiting for the overtime money to accumulate enough $$ :-). I thought I had found the package when Byte by Byte redesigned the PAL Jr. box into something a little more esthetically pleasing (they already had an excellent hardware design). Now I find out from a number of sources, including Byte by Byte, that the PAL Jr. has been discontinued (after only four or five months in the new form factor!) and that they are getting out of hardware altogether! The person I talked to at Byte by Byte stated that they were having problems getting the DMA chips from Commodore and that they couldn't sustain a high enough margin on their hardware products. She then told me that all PAL Jr. boxes off the production line were "spoken for". Seems strange to me discontinue a product that must have sold fairly well. I certainly hope this isn't the start of a trend for third party companies producing expansion products for the A1000. So now I start the quest all over again. Anyone hooked up the StarBoard2 (with the multi-function card in it) and a hard disk (C Ltd, Supra, others) to an A1000? What's new on the horizon besides the 2000 and 1 from ASDG (Perry, any new information about when and what?) that might allow cost effective expansion of my system? Yes, I am considering the as yet unofficial trade-in up to an A2000, but as a last resort. Any and all e-mail would be appreciated. -- Jerry Vanden Heuvel Voice: (206) 237-5080 Boeing Commercial Airplane Co. UUCP: ..!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!shuksan!tahoma!grv P.O. Box 3707, M/S 66-04 Seattle, WA 98124-2207
perry@well.UUCP (Perry S. Kivolowitz) (09/05/87)
In response to the referenced message, the 2000-and-1 is expected to be out before Xmas (1987). I've mentioned the price before: $799. And I've mentioned the feature list before: 2 A1000 slots 1 86 pin A2000 co-processor slot 5 A2000 slots 3 IBM slots 2 3.5 inch drive bays 1 5.25 inch drive bay 1 honker power supply and.....choice of exciting designer colors (major :-) :-)) (for some people's benefit :-) is a smiley face meant to denote less than serious jests.) Perry S. Kivolowitz - ASDG Incorporated - (201) 563-0529
ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) (09/05/87)
In article <3892@well.UUCP> perry@well.UUCP (Perry S. Kivolowitz) writes: >In response to the referenced message, the 2000-and-1 is expected to be >out before Xmas (1987). I've mentioned the price before: $799. And I've >mentioned the feature list before: > [ ... ] > and.....choice of exciting designer colors (major :-) :-)) I'll take mine in day-glo turquoise, thank you. :-) _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape ihnp4!ptsfa -\ \_ -_ Bike shrunk by popular demand, dual ---> !{well,unicom}!ewhac O----^o But it's still the only way to fly. hplabs / (pronounced "AE-wack") "Work FOR? I don't work FOR anybody! I'm just having fun." -- The Doctor
richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) (09/06/87)
In article <3896@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes: >In article <3892@well.UUCP> perry@well.UUCP (Perry S. Kivolowitz) writes: >> and.....choice of exciting designer colors (major :-) :-)) > > I'll take mine in day-glo turquoise, thank you. :-) I dunno Leo, thats going to clash badly with your cape. Go for a more nuetral green. Do we have to have solid colors ? Couldnt we send an IFF file and have it applied ? > >_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ >Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape ihnp4!ptsfa -\ -- Richard Sexton INTERNET: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd, sdcsvax, ihnp4, nosc}!crash!gryphon!richard "It's too dark to put the key in my ignition..."
mwm@eris.BERKELEY.EDU (Mike (My watch has windows) Meyer) (09/07/87)
In article <3896@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes: <In article <3892@well.UUCP> perry@well.UUCP (Perry S. Kivolowitz) writes: <> and.....choice of exciting designer colors (major :-) :-)) < < I'll take mine in day-glo turquoise, thank you. :-) Talk about *exciting*. day-glo turquoise could be *deadly* around here :-). <mike -- Tell me how d'you get to be Mike Meyer As beautiful as that? mwm@berkeley.edu How did you get your mind ucbvax!mwm To tilt like your hat? mwm@ucbjade.BITNET
trudel@topaz.rutgers.edu (Jonathan D.) (09/08/87)
> > and.....choice of exciting designer colors (major :-) :-)) > I'll take mine in day-glo turquoise, thank you. :-) > Leo L. Schwab But I thought you wanted it in a Dreamy Red...:-) Jon -- Hm-m-m-mm? I thought this place was for Brontosaurusses only!?!!?!!
cheeser@dasys1.UUCP (Les Kay) (09/13/87)
ooooo....... Designer colors!!!!!!!! How about the neeat color (Shudder) IBM used when they introduced (sic) COLOR in the TYPEWRITER market.... I want China Red! (Sounds like you could smoke it or hock it if you get tired of looking at it!) cheeser