Hard Bytes Amiga User Group <A_ASENCIO@upr1.upr.clu.edu> (05/05/91)
Hi everybody: I saw that the price of the Power Up of the A3000 16Mhz/50meg ($1849), Any one could tell me what include this offer (what comes with the A3000) and how much costs in the Student Discount offer? Thanks, Ricardo Soto --------------------------------------------------------------------- // Hard Bytes University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez \X/ Amiga User Group A_ASENCIO@upr1.upr.clu.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------- ******* Did you eat your Apple? Is your machine STuck? ******* ***//** Or your Inferior Broken Machine doesn't work? ***//** *\X/*** @ @ WE HAVE THE CURE @ @ *\X/*** ******* \___/ Get an Amiga, it's the best! \___/ *******
metahawk@itsgw.rpi.edu (Wayne G Rigby) (05/05/91)
In article <52656@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Hard Bytes Amiga User Group <A_ASENCIO@upr1.upr.clu.edu> writes: >Hi everybody: > > I saw that the price of the Power Up of the A3000 16Mhz/50meg ($1849), >Any one could tell me what include this offer (what comes with the A3000) >and how much costs in the Student Discount offer? > Just the A3000-16/50 (CPU, 880K floppy, 50 meg drive, 2 megs RAM (I think), mouse, keyboard, AmigaVision). The only other thing you'll need is a monitor. (For a basic system.) The Power Up prices are better than the ed. discount prices, but the peripherals can't be acquired through Power Up, though. >Thanks, > Ricardo Soto > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > // Hard Bytes University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez > \X/ Amiga User Group A_ASENCIO@upr1.upr.clu.edu >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > ******* Did you eat your Apple? Is your machine STuck? ******* > ***//** Or your Inferior Broken Machine doesn't work? ***//** > *\X/*** @ @ WE HAVE THE CURE @ @ *\X/*** > ******* \___/ Get an Amiga, it's the best! \___/ ******* > > > > Wayne Rigby Computer and Systems Engineer (in training) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute metahawk@rpi.edu
philip@yunexus.yorku.ca (Phil McDunnough) (05/06/91)
In article <4j5gpqc@rpi.edu> metahawk@itsgw.rpi.edu (Wayne G Rigby) writes:
[quotes re the Power Up upgrade offered by Commodore]
Hmm...as a MacIIci,GS and NeXT user, I must tell you that this Commodore
upgrade is most impressive. It's rare( very) to see companies support
their loyal users in this way. I have been following the Amiga world
for quite some time now. This may just be the thing that convinces me
to get one. I wouldn't, of course, ever part with the GS or the NeXT.
The Mac is another story.
Commodore also sells a product called CDTV. Can this work with an A3000?
That is, can it function as a CD-ROM drive for the A3000?
Finally, which OS is Commodore going to standardize on? There seems to be
2.0 in the A3000 and 1.3 in CDTV, A500, A2000....
Just very impressed,
Philip McDunnough
Professor of Statistics
University of Toronto ->philip@utstat.utoronto.ca
[my opinions, etc...]metahawk@itsgw.rpi.edu (Wayne G Rigby) (05/06/91)
In article <22651@yunexus.YorkU.CA> philip@yunexus.yorku.ca (Phil McDunnough) writes: >Hmm...as a MacIIci,GS and NeXT user, I must tell you that this Commodore >upgrade is most impressive. It's rare( very) to see companies support >their loyal users in this way. I have been following the Amiga world >for quite some time now. This may just be the thing that convinces me >to get one. I wouldn't, of course, ever part with the GS or the NeXT. >The Mac is another story. > >Commodore also sells a product called CDTV. Can this work with an A3000? >That is, can it function as a CD-ROM drive for the A3000? You can hook up the CDTV to an A3000, or any other Amiga, but it would be rather pointless in most cases. CDTV is, basically, a 1 Meg A500 that runs off of CDs. So getting one is all you need, and a little bit of overkill if you want to hook up a CD ROM drive to your Amiga. Commodore will be releasing the A690 CD drive for A500's "soon," and they are working on CD ROM drives for the A2000 series and A3000. If you want a CD ROM drive now, you can get a Xetec drive, with which only one CDTV Title has been found that doesn't work with it.. >Finally, which OS is Commodore going to standardize on? There seems to be >2.0 in the A3000 and 1.3 in CDTV, A500, A2000.... As soon as Commodore finishes the Kickstart 2.0 ROMs, Workbench 2.0 will be shipped (at least from what I've heard) with all new A3000's, A2x00's, and A500P's. I'm not sure about the A500C, and since the CDTV is so new and really has no need of a workbench for most of its Titles, I really doubt if it'll have 2.0 for a long while. >Just very impressed, > >Philip McDunnough >Professor of Statistics >University of Toronto ->philip@utstat.utoronto.ca >[my opinions, etc...] Wayne Rigby Computer and Systems Engineer (in training) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute metahawk@rpi.edu