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From: disd@hubcap.UUCP (Gary Heffelfinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: upgrading graphics on only the HIGH END machines
Message-ID: <2129@hubcap.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jul 88 14:49:01 GMT
References: <59170@sun.uucp>
Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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From article <59170@sun.uucp>, by cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis):
> Vidhyanath chimed in with some very valuable marketing input to Commodore
> which was essentially, "I want an Amiga, I don't want to pay for stupid
> PC board slots, and I have the money to buy what I want even if you don't
> sell it to me." Now most marketing people go crazy when they discover that
> if they just modified their product plans a bit they could "capture" those
> dollars you sent to a card cage maker for the 500. What that does is suggest
> a product for Commodore, (if they will go with is highly unlikely). I call
> this the "Mac Plus" killer, or the Amiga 1500.
We've had the same dream.  Or is it a mass halucination? :-)

[Dream system description deleted...]
> 
> Most people will of course want to expand this thing by plugging in a
> memory card to the internal slot although the possibility is left open
> for any Zorro II compatible card. Note the card would be "side" mounted
> to minimize the elevation of this thing.
Aw shucks.  The ZII cards aren't *that* tall.  Stand them up.  Put 2 or
3 slots in the baby.  (Jack up the price a few bucks if you have to.)
Put only one slot in it and you'll have to call it the Amiga SE. :-)

> 
> Well Commodore, you build one, and I'll buy it, I promise.
You've got another guaranteed sale here.  The time has come for me
to consider selling my trusty 1000 so that I can have a box into which
I can plug those pretty new chips.  I've been wavering between the price of
the 500 and the expandability of the 2000.  Bring out the 1500 and I'll
plunk my cash down on the spot.


> --Chuck McManis



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