#A3000 / 16Mhz — Junk?!?
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Whap! sounds pretty nice. I have to do my CIS stuff the old fashioned way,
and I use 300 baud to keep the costs down. Still, when I browse all the
message titles in all the forums I check into, I end up sitting here for,
oh, almost an hour at a time, so I don't really get into CIS as much as I'd
like.
I would agree that the Amiga 500 for $399 is a decent deal, and it would
certainly run cartwheels over my computer. BUT, the A2000 isn't worth 5
times the money, IMHO, since it is basically the same machine, in an
expansion bay. The 3000, which sells for about $3000, is also overpriced.
How can C= justify the $3000 price tag, when 386 IBM clones running at
33Mhz can be had for $1500, INCLUDING monitor and bundled software
(Wordperfect, Windows, etc.) It just doesn't figure. If this keeps up, I'll
end up biting the bullet and getting an IBM, despite the fact that I love
Motorola machines.
Either that, or I'll end up getting an Amiga 500 and adding a hard drive to
it. I just talked to another dealer the other day who said he expects to
see a price *increase* when the CPUs start rolling in with DOS 2.04 in ROM.
That's the WRONG WAY to go!
—-Dave
Dave,
Whap! is the _only_ way to effectively use CIS (if you're an Amigoid).
I use it exclusively at 9600 baud, for up/downloads AND for the message
base.
While it is essentially the same machine, in the sense it has most of the
same chips, and processor, there are advantages to the 2000 that can't
currently be easily had on the 500. Video slot for running the Toaster,
CPU slot for easy processor upgrade, and 1 meg chip Ram. The 500 can be
hacked to provide some of these features. Also the 2000HD is now down
under $2000. I've seen street prices of about $1600. By the time you get
to 1 meg chip ram, a Bodega Bay expansion chassis, and a 40 meg hard
drive/hard drive controller, you are getting a lot closer to the 2000.
I've seen 386 DX 33 mhz machines with 40 meg hard drives, and monitors for
about $1500. They had 1 – 2 meg of ram, but in the cobbled up world of
windows, it takes about 8 megs to have a smooth working system. But they
definetly didn't come with windows or Wordperfect. Nor did they come with
stereo sound, or smooth animation in anything beyond 320 x 200. At higher
resolutions they got pretty ratchety. I spent $2500 on my 3000, including
VGA multiscan monitor. I have MS-Dos boxes here, and at work. I much
prefer my Amiga.
– Well Whap! Me Silly….
Dave, 300 baud is _by far_ the most expensive way to use CIS (except 300
baud is recommended for CO). 1200 baud is twice the price of 300 for 4
times the speed. 2400 is twice the price of 300 for 8 times the speed.
-sja