Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!ames!cit-vax!news From: news@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Usenet netnews) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Re: rumor mongering again Message-ID: <1462@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: Fri, 9-Jan-87 18:30:14 EST Article-I.D.: cit-vax.1462 Posted: Fri Jan 9 18:30:14 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Jan-87 02:10:44 EST References: <8233@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> <1220@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> Reply-To: tim@tomcat.UUCP (Tim Kay) Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 20 Summary: Cheap upgrade (for IBM PC) Organization : California Institute of Technology Keywords: From: tim@tomcat.Caltech.Edu (Tim Kay) Path: tomcat!tim phillip@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Phillip Lindsay) writes: >> Big Rumor: >> CBM will offer upgrade to A1000 owners for ~$800. >Next you'll tell me IBM is offering XT owners a $500 AT upgrade...:-] Well, not from IBM, but you can buy the Breakthru 286 from PCSG for $395, and your PC will run just slightly faster than an 8Mhz AT. So why is the $800 upgrade to the Amiga unreasonable? Timothy L. Kay tim@csvax.caltech.edu Department of Computer Science Caltech, 256-80 Pasadena, CA 91125