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From: hamilton@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: rumor mongering again
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Date: Sun, 11-Jan-87 15:38:00 EST
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tim kay (news@cit-vax) says:

> 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?

    an 80286 doesn't turn an XT into an AT.  a souped-up XT286, maybe,
but not an AT.  you'd need a new motherboard and case, at a minimum.
to me, it ain't an AT unless it has 24 address lines, 16 data lines,
15 interrupts, 7 DMA channels, real time clock, etc., and it can accept
AT form-factor expansion cards.

	wayne hamilton
	U of Il and US Army Corps of Engineers CERL
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