From: danaf@bray1b.its.rpi.edu (Frank R. Dana Jr.)
Subject: Re: A4000 pictures
Reply-To: danaf@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 05:28:52 GMT

In article <jmx1t5m@rpi.edu>, danaf@bray1b.its.rpi.edu (Frank R. Dana Jr.) writes:
|> In article <1992Nov14.204436.324@ra.msstate.edu>, skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Skip Sauls) writes:

Skip.... looked through the pics last nite. They're great! Thanx...

(The shot of the box was a little cheezy, tho... talk about EVERY angle! 8)  )

General comments...

The rear-panel design is verrrry.........

....interesting.

There seem to be some good and bad points. General good point is that it's 
cleaner and a little better looking than the A2000, even if the A3000 puts it
to shame. 

Also, putting video and audio connectort together at the corner is a
Good Idea(tm).

However, bad points become apparrent...

1> If the mouse/stick ports are going to be on the side, it seems really 
   STUPID to put the friggin' keyboard connector on the BACK!! WHY!?!?!?
   Just because IBM does it?            **SIGH**.
   I liked the k'board connector on the front... hope they included a longer
   cord.

2> The serial port ABOVE the parallel port? I liked this idea... for about
   three seconds. THEN I thought about trying to connect my Migraph handscanner
   interface box WITHOUT removing the modem cable....    **SIGH**

|> Oh, well... can't be worse than ripping apart an A2000.

Actually, it didn't look much better. Looks like they left wayyy too much 
mounted to the chassis - just removing the internal hard drive or slot card
looked like a chore and a half.

|> SIGH. The blocked-keycoard thing is true? 

(keyboard, of course....)

And, obviously, it WAS true. Those drive ports are wayyy too low. In an age
where almost everything is 3.5" or smaller, putting the 3.5" drive bays on the
BOTTOM was a stroke of stupidity worth of Atari. They should have been left
side-by-side, like they are on EVERY other Amiga...

|> I bought a bar-o-soap mouse as a replacement for my old A2000 mouse about a 
|> year ago. It was called a Jin mouse or something like that. I absolutely LOVED
|> the thing... unfortunately, it was only a $20 mouse and it broke after about
|> a month of use... replaced it with the Commodore (version 2) mouse...
|> 
|> So, has Commodore finally discovered the concept of the recessed mouse button?
|> I can't stand those damn bulgey buttons...

The new mouse looks WONDERFUL. As soon as it goes on sale as a "part", I will
own one.

|> |> The pictures are in JPEG format, as per recommendations by others on the
|> |> net.  However, I also have them in PCX 24 bit format and HAM8 format if
|> |> anyone would like those.  I have a few more pics that I will scan, convert,
|> |> and upload at a later date.  Also, I plan to borrow a better camera for the
|> |> close-ups of the various chips.
|> 
|> JPEG is fine. What resolutions/color-counts can we look forward to?

...They looked great, Skip. Nice resolution, GREAT color. What scanner did you
use to drag these in? Also, how big were the pix and what DPI did you get?

|> |> Skip Sauls
|> |> skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu

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