rhealey@digibd.com (Rob Healey) (05/30/91)
Local Amiga User group rumor mongers dredged up an interesting tidbit recently. Seems the A2410 will be available RSN (Ya, right and I got some wonder bridge stock opportunitys for ya too...) and it will list for ~ $1500.00; OUCH!!! That's half the cost of a 3000! Can anybody confirm/backup/"I heard that too" on this rather STEEP price? I was suspecting something in the $600.00-$900.00 range max. Does this thing come with gold lined PCB's or something? Again, this is a rumor, hopefully GREATLY exagerated. Someone please say it isn't so... My pennies hurt... -Rob -- Rob Healey rhealey@digibd.com Digi International (DigiBoard) Eden Prairie, MN (612) 943-9020
es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) (05/31/91)
In article <1991May30.162806.15516@digibd.com> rhealey@digibd.com (Rob Healey) writes: > Local Amiga User group rumor mongers dredged up an interesting > tidbit recently. Seems the A2410 will be available RSN (Ya, right > and I got some wonder bridge stock opportunitys for ya too...) and > it will list for ~ $1500.00; OUCH!!! That's half the cost of a > 3000! Can anybody confirm/backup/"I heard that too" on this > rather STEEP price? I was suspecting something in the $600.00-$900.00 > range max. Does this thing come with gold lined PCB's or something? > > Again, this is a rumor, hopefully GREATLY exagerated. Someone please > say it isn't so... > > My pennies hurt... I have no information myself. It doesn't come with gold lined PCBs, but it does come with a 34010. Educational and street prices will probably be closer to $1,000. > > -Rob >-- > >Rob Healey rhealey@digibd.com >Digi International (DigiBoard) >Eden Prairie, MN (612) 943-9020 Now the world has gone to bed, Now I lay me down to sleep, Darkness won't engulf my head, Try to count electric sheep, I can see by infrared, Sweet dream wishes you can keep, How I hate the night. How I hate the night. -- Marvin
jburnes@swbatl.sbc.com (Jim Burnes - 235-7444) (05/31/91)
rhealey@digibd.com (Rob Healey) writes: > Local Amiga User group rumor mongers dredged up an interesting > tidbit recently. Seems the A2410 will be available RSN (Ya, right > and I got some wonder bridge stock opportunitys for ya too...) and > it will list for ~ $1500.00; OUCH!!! That's half the cost of a > 3000! Can anybody confirm/backup/"I heard that too" on this > rather STEEP price? I was suspecting something in the $600.00-$900.00 > range max. Does this thing come with gold lined PCB's or something? Well....it might seem a bit high until you realize that it is an entire computer unto itself. It has a TI 34010 graphics coprocessor that can be programmed in C. In fact theoretically you could load almost the entirety of Xwindows into it. This speeds up hi resolution graphics nicely. $1500 is the list price remember. Anyway...I will be getting one in a few days for evaluation purposes and will post my opinions on its quality. Have a good one. Jim Burnes -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Jim Burnes, UNIX SysAdmin ! "The Nineties SWBell Advanced Technology Labs ! are gonna make the Sixties (314) 235-7444 ! look like the Fifties..." jburnes@swbatl.sbc.com ! author unknown... -----------------------------------+----------------------------------------
ckp@grebyn.com (Checkpoint Technologies) (06/01/91)
In article <1991May30.225257.9902@swbatl.sbc.com> jburnes@swbatl.sbc.com (Jim Burnes - 235-7444) writes: >rhealey@digibd.com (Rob Healey) writes: >> tidbit recently. Seems the A2410 will be available RSN (Ya, right >> and I got some wonder bridge stock opportunitys for ya too...) and >> it will list for ~ $1500.00; OUCH!!! That's half the cost of a > >Well....it might seem a bit high until you realize that it is an entire >computer unto itself. It has a TI 34010 graphics coprocessor that can It might also seem high to someone like ME who purchased the Hercules Graphics Station card for my 386 PC. This card also has a 34010, 1M RAM (the A2410 has 2), has 1024x768x8 bit, 800x600x8 bit (which I'm using 'till I get my new 17" monitor), 640x480x16 bit (32K colors) and 512x480x24 bit (16M colors) modes, and an onboard VGA adapter, for $650. True this is a discounted price, but list for the card is $1024. -- Richard Krehbiel, private citizen ckp@grebyn.com (Who needs a fancy .signature?)