goddard@ste.dyn.bae.co.uk (Steve Goddard) (03/27/91)
In article <1991Mar24.051833.21480@isis.cs.du.edu>, swoodcoc@isis.UUCP (Steven Markus Woodcock) writes: > Well, my understanding is that the A1500 is a purely British creation, >intended for the markets there. It's essentially just a stripped down A2000 >with two disk drives; no hard drive at all. It's still got all the same >capability, mind you, but it's a cheaper "bare bones" system. The idea is >that a lot of people want expandability but can't afford a system with a >hard drive (all of the Amigas are MUCH more expensive in Europe), so C= came >up with this idea instead. The only other difference I'm aware of is a >new sticker that says "A1500" on the front.... Cynics might point out that about a year before (I think) C= released the A1500 here in UK, a third party company released a product called an A1500 which was a new case for the A500. (consisted of a box + KB case on a curly lead), plus a board with slots on it, etc. Seems odd to me that this product was released in *this* country, and then C= release the A1500 name clash only in *this* country. BTW, I have no links with any of the above. Steve the G. (Steve Goddard) "You can lead a hacker to a terminal, but you can't *make* him code"