From: Aric.Caley@ofa123.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Commodores AGA uppgr
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date: 22 Jan 93  01:08:00

> Organization: University of Mississippi, Dept. of Computer Science
> From: skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Skip Sauls)
> Message-ID: <1993Jan20.191926.22449@ra.msstate.edu>
> Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
>
> In article <C15zt6.27v@news.iastate.edu>
> barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett) writes:
>
> <babbling about an AGA board for the A3000 deleted>
>
> >   Let's compare prices.  An A4000 with a SCSI II card and a deinterlacer
> >card versus an A3000 with an AGA board:
> >
> >A4000:                         $2700
> >Deinterlacer card:              $250
> >SCSI II card:                   $250
> >Total:                         $3200
> >
> >A3000/25:                      $1200
> >AGA upgrade board:              $700
> >Amiga HD floppy drive:          $150
> >Total:                         $2050
> >
> >Savings:                       $1150
>
> Marc, you want a de-interlacer, yet you don't specify one for the A3000's
> AGA board, so add another $250.  Your savings drop to around $900.
>
> But I seem to be getting along just fine without a de-interlacer.

Of  course  he  also doesn't account for the fact the A4000 has an 040 that
increases  the  cost of the machine.  An 040 card for the A3000 is at least
$1000.  And then there's the fact that the A3000 only has SCSI, whereas the
A4000  setup has SCSI-II.  So you'd then either add the SCSI-II card to the
A3000, or change the SCSI-II card in the A4000 for a cheaper SCSI version.

> >   Sure, the A4000 also has an '040, but for my purposes I don't need an
> >'040.  The resulting system, but upgrading the A3000, is MUCH nicer, with a
>
> What?  All you do is complain about performance, yet you don't need an 040?

Of  course  he  doesnt need the 040.  Its the only possible way he can save
money on the A3000 and "support" his statement.

> >capabilities that the A4000 does not have, namely multiprocessing
> capability
> >if an '040 card is added to the CPU slot.  Finally, it is every bit as
> >upgradable to '060 cards as the A4000 is.
>
> Name a board for the A3000's CPU slot that offers multiprocessing
> capability.
> For that matter, tell us how the OS is going to use it...

Which  is  beside  the  fact that the A4000 has the same CPU slot, and that
multiprocessing  with  an  030  and  an  040 card would hardly be worth the
trouble.   And  that  the  A4000  has  more  clearance  for the large, heat
generating chips like the 060...

> >| Marc Barrett -MB-  |  email: barrett@iastate.edu
> >-------------------------------------------------------------
> >"I suppose if I had two X chromosomes, I'd feel hostile too."
> >                              - Calvin (of Calvin and Hobbes)
> Skip Sauls, Amiga Advocate
> skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu

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