unhd (Paresh S Suthar) (03/28/90)
I currently (I admit it!!!) own an A1000. Well, 1.4 is coming around and I have heard all of the rumors. I know that there are a lot of us out there. I don't know what to do... all of my friends (A500 & A2000 owners) keep telling me to purchase the A2000. I'm not made of money!!!! Even with the student discount, it is a big drain on my finances. Is there any way to modify the A1000 internally to make it compatible with upcoming software and hardware. If so, will it be worth my time and effort to modify instead of purchasing a new A2000? I love my A1000 now, but if necessary to upgrade I will consider selling (like everyone is dying to get one). Any help will be greatly appreciated...
cfarmer@convex.com (Claude Farmer) (03/29/90)
pss6101@uunet!unhd (Paresh S Suthar) writes: > I currently (I admit it!!!) own an A1000. Well, 1.4 is coming around and >I have heard all of the rumors. I know that there are a lot of us out there. >I don't know what to do... all of my friends (A500 & A2000 owners) keep >telling me to purchase the A2000. I'm not made of money!!!! Even with the >student discount, it is a big drain on my finances. Is there any way to >modify the A1000 internally to make it compatible with upcoming software >and hardware. If so, will it be worth my time and effort to modify instead >of purchasing a new A2000? I love my A1000 now, but if necessary to upgrade >I will consider selling (like everyone is dying to get one). >Any help will be greatly appreciated... Well, I just traded in my 1000 for a 2000HD but if you can get a student discount I think it's great. There is a place in Arlington Texas called Budget Computers. They will buy a stock Amiga with 512k for about $350 which you could then apply to the student purchase. They will also buy 1000 specific peripherals with your 1000. They will buy 2MB StarBoard IIs for about $225. Note that these are quotes I got over the phone so your mileage may vary. Their phone number is (817) 792-3508. I do not know if they will do this by mail though. Caveat emptor... -- ---- Claude Farmer Convex Computer Corporation Richardson, Texas {uiucdcs,sun,uunet,harvard,killer,usenix}!convex!cfarmer Home: (214) 363-0987 convex!cfarmer@a.cs.uiuc.EDU Work: (214) 497-4732
peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) (03/29/90)
In article <1990Mar28.153620.8564@uunet!unhd> pss6101@unhd.unh.edu.UUCP (Paresh S Suthar) writes: > I currently (I admit it!!!) own an A1000. I'm in the same situation. Existing Beta versions of 1.4 will run in an A1000 with autoconfig RAM in the "first slot" position. If Commodore doesn't continue to support this configuration, I'll be upset. Given the FUD they've been generating about 1.4 not running on the 1000, though, I shan't be surprised. -- _--_|\ Peter da Silva <peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>. / \ \_.--._/ I haven't lost my mind, it's backed up on tape somewhere! v "Have you hugged your wolf today?" `-_-'