barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) (04/23/91)
In article <3068@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> jpotter@ucs.adelaide.edu.au (Jonathan Potter) writes: >The A5000 is a product put out by some European company, which from what I >can tell is basically an A500 with an 030/881 in it.... I wish that IDIOT COMPANIES would STOP naming their Amiga peripherals "the Axxxx", where "xxxx" is some number... particularly when "xxxx" ends with "00", as in "A1500", "A5000", etc. It confuses the FUCK out of consumers. Dan
goddard@ste.dyn.bae.co.uk (Steve Goddard) (04/26/91)
In article <3068@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> jpotter@ucs.adelaide.edu.au (Jonathan Potter) writes: >The A5000 is a product put out by some European company, which from what I >can tell is basically an A500 with an 030/881 in it.... Almost right. it's a 68020+68881 socket combo with 1Meg 32 bit ram expandable to 4Megs. It's made by Solid State Leisure Ltd., here in UK (costs 295UKP). I don't work for them etc, etc., but come payday I'll be buying one (yum yum). Steve the G. (Steve Goddard) "You can lead a hacker to a terminal, but you can't *make* him code"
daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) (05/01/91)
In article <8116@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) writes: > I wish that IDIOT COMPANIES would STOP naming their Amiga peripherals >"the Axxxx", where "xxxx" is some number... particularly when "xxxx" ends >with "00", as in "A1500", "A5000", etc. > It confuses the FUCK out of consumers. I agree. It's stupid. And it's really going to confuse customers, especially the customers of these idiot companies, if Commodore ever decides to come up with a product that'll get a similar knickname, such as an Amiga 1500 or Amiga 5000, which they very well might. Some fool calling their product "Axxxx" isn't going to have one iota of an effect on Commodore naming conventions. -- Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests" {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: hazy BIX: hazy "That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight" -R.E.M.
sbeagle@kennels.actrix.gen.nz (Sleeping Beagle) (05/07/91)
daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes: > In article <8116@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) > > > I wish that IDIOT COMPANIES would STOP naming their Amiga peripherals > >"the Axxxx", where "xxxx" is some number... particularly when "xxxx" ends > >with "00", as in "A1500", "A5000", etc. > > > It confuses the FUCK out of consumers. > > I agree. It's stupid. And it's really going to confuse customers, especiall > the customers of these idiot companies, if Commodore ever decides to come up > with a product that'll get a similar knickname, such as an Amiga 1500 or > Amiga 5000, which they very well might. Some fool calling their product > "Axxxx" isn't going to have one iota of an effect on Commodore naming > conventions. Depends. I liked the name that GVP used for their accelrator before the A3000 came out. A3001 probably wasn't going to be confused with any official product but still had the right pedigree. But in general, I would have to agree. -- Sleeping Beagle (aka Thomas Farmer) sbeagle@kennels.actrix.gen.nz The Kennels Ph. +64-4-796306 (voice) 25 Awarua St, Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand. "You ain't nothin' but a Hound Dog."