From: aj733@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Tim Hnat)
Subject: Re: Considering switching to IBM
Reply-To: aj733@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Tim Hnat)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 92 17:57:58 GMT


In a previous article, chucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch) says:

>gerald@seas.gwu.edu (Gerald G. Washington) writes:
>>chucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch) writes:
>>>tron1@tronsbox.UUCP (Kenneth Jamieson) writes:
>>>>	(for the record, I also only have a A1000 from the 85/86 days)
>>>>
>>>>	And I can honestly say that there are almost no programs that
>>>>make use of any feature I don't have.
>>>>
>>>>	Yeah - here's something to be proud of! ( 1/2 :-) )
>>>
>>>Um... let's see here, i'll start naming them off the top of my head.
>>>
>>>ProVideo Post (requires 1 meg chip ram)
>>>Duluxe Paint (uses extra halfbrite)
>>>Prowrite 3.2 (has 256 color modes)
>>>Art Department Pro (has 256 color, Ham8, and other modes)
>>>Scala (uses 1280x200/400 modes and productivity modes i believe)
>>>Deluxe Paint IV (has 256 color, Ham8 and other modes)
>>>The countless number of PD, Shareware and Commercial programs that are either
>>>2.0 ONLY or have extended features under 2.0 such as
>>>Prowrite 3.2, TurboText, Cygnus Ed, BBX, WShell 2.0, PowerPacker 4.0a, etc..
>>>etc.. etc..  
>>>
>>>And this is off the top of my head.  Most of these are MAJOR apps too.
>>
>>Curious.  How do you know his A1000 does not have these features?  There are
>>many upgrade paths for the A1000, including replacing its motherboard with
>>an A2000-type board.
>
>He didn't say he had upgraded.  He said his 1000 was from 85/86.  Although a
>late 86 1000 would have extra half brite, one from 85 would not.  If he had
>upgraded his motherboard, then the machine would not be from 85/86, it would
>be a 1000 CASE with a 91 motherboard.  Also, the same argument would hold true
>in the reverse if you were to replace an 1982 PC with a 1992 486DX
>motherboard.  IF he had upgraded, his argument would be moot, because the
>whole point of the statement was trying to say that his 1985 1000 could do
>everything that new amigas can today.  Which it obviously cannot.
>
I would think that that is the whole point of the matter anyhow. It is obvious
that any computer once upgraded in any fashion will have something that the 
original computer cannot do. The whole idea is the ability to upgrade your
system and keep up with the current state of your computer's technology for
the least cost possible.

The difference with the original (A1000) Amiga was a change in Motherboard 
configuration to help become standardized with many external connections...
also in expandability and a few other things on the inside (I'm no tekkie)
which makes the 1000 a bit more expensive to expand upon than the 500/2000/
3000 series. But you can find a way to keep current and use the new OS and
progs still using a 1000.


Hopefully I didn't confuse anyone with this explaination(?).


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