miner@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu (Richard Miner) (03/16/87)
Hold on to those A1000's! I just received a brochure from Computer Systems
Associates, it reads something like this:
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New TURBO TOWER Improves Amiga Performance
We've redesigned our turbo chassis into a new and improved Turbo Tower
to keep pace with the changes in industry.
Four enhancements have been added to provide you with improved Performance
from CSA's 68020/68881 award winning CPU board.
* Expanded chassis to accommodate Amiga and IBM compatible flex form cards.
* Local area network interface with other Amigas and workstations.
* Turbo Tower design provides flexible and convenient workstation
compatibility.
* CSA boards also fit the new Amiga 2000.
Designed to meet the changing features of the Amiga and now with IBM
compatibility.
"Put a Turbo on the Porche of Personal Computers"
Starting from $3870.00 (domestic price) options available
CSA Computer Systems Associates - 7564 Trade Street, SanDiego, CA 92121
(619) 566-3911
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I was a little confused as to what the box actually did, like is it an
A2000 for the A1000, is that price with or without and Amiga etc. I called
CSA and received the following additional information:
* Yes, this does give you "complete" A2000 compatibility, you will even
be able to plug in the bridge card!
* The expansion box is $1095 when purchased separately.
* They have and 68020/68881 card that fits both this and the A2000 for $1480.
* They have a DMA SCSI controller for $745, and a SCSI drive for $945.
* The networking they mention in the brochure is via the Ameristar ethernet
card that has been mentioned on the net before.
* The system will be available early April.
And just think, you can still have the slot under the computer to stick the
keyboard in!
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Rich Miner ULowell-Cntr for Productivity !ulowell!miner 617-452-5000x2693