rkent@sparc1.sparc1.csubak.edu (rick kent stu) (05/07/91)
On the subject of Bridgeboards, is anybody from Commodore willing to state whether some new bridgeboards are actually in the works? I have an A3000 and would really like a good bridgeboard. One thing I find annoying about the existing bridgeboard packages is that they come with a 5.25 inch drive. Since the A3000 has no place to put this drive, I'd rather not have to pay for one. I think the 5.25'' drive should be offered separately. If this were done then the price of the bridgeboard could be dropped (maybe $100 or more). This would then bring the mail order price of the XT Bridgeboard to about $350, which is getting to be quite affordable. If someone really wants a 5.25 inch drive they could simply buy it separately. Just seems to me like this would be a more sensible marketing solution. -- Rick Kent // Only California State University, Bakersfield \X/ Amiga! Internet: rkent@sparc1.csubak.edu AOL: RickK10
JBK4@psuvm.psu.edu (05/07/91)
Why not have an optional 3.5 inch drive for the bridgeboards? Most of the peop le I know with IBMs are using 3.5 inch drives not 5.25. Commodore could includ e an optional 1.52M 3.5inch drive with their current bridgeboards and make it a standard with any new bridgeboards(386?). Jason Koszarsky, JBK4@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J Eric Townsend) (05/07/91)
In article <1991May6.111722.594@nic.csu.net> rkent@sparc1.sparc1.csubak.edu (rick kent stu) writes: >On the subject of Bridgeboards, is anybody from Commodore willing to >state whether some new bridgeboards are actually in the works? I have >an A3000 and would really like a good bridgeboard. One thing I find Same here. If my luck holds out, I'll soon have a chance to buy a Targa-16, camera, and film recorder at an amazingly low price. I'd love to be able to stuff the Targa and an AT-board into my 3000 instead of buying a PClone... -- J. Eric Townsend - jet@uh.edu - bitnet: jet@UHOU - vox: (713) 749-2120 Skate UNIX or bleed, boyo... (UNIX is a trademark of Unix Systems Laboratories).
cpmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matthew W Crowd) (05/08/91)
In article <91127.081857JBK4@psuvm.psu.edu> JBK4@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >Why not have an optional 3.5 inch drive for the bridgeboards? Most of the peop >le I know with IBMs are using 3.5 inch drives not 5.25. Commodore could includ >e an optional 1.52M 3.5inch drive with their current bridgeboards and make it a >standard with any new bridgeboards(386?). > >Jason Koszarsky, JBK4@PSUVM.PSU.EDU Although it does come with 5.25" drives, my dealer said he would swap it for a 3.5" at no extra cost, I thought most dealers would do this? matt.
es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) (05/09/91)
In article <1991May7.154640.12182@menudo.uh.edu> jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J Eric Townsend) writes: >In article <1991May6.111722.594@nic.csu.net> rkent@sparc1.sparc1.csubak.edu (rick kent stu) writes: >>On the subject of Bridgeboards, is anybody from Commodore willing to >>state whether some new bridgeboards are actually in the works? I have >>an A3000 and would really like a good bridgeboard. One thing I find > >Same here. If my luck holds out, I'll soon have a chance to buy a Targa-16, >camera, and film recorder at an amazingly low price. I'd love to be able >to stuff the Targa and an AT-board into my 3000 instead of buying a >PClone... > Active Circuits makes a program that used to be called ImageLink (they just renamed it) which will send a file from the AMiga directly to the Targa board. >-- >J. Eric Townsend - jet@uh.edu - bitnet: jet@UHOU - vox: (713) 749-2120 >Skate UNIX or bleed, boyo... >(UNIX is a trademark of Unix Systems Laboratories). -- Ethan "Brain! Brain! What is Brain?"