Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!psuvax1!ukma!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!janus!mitchell From: mitchell@janus.uucp (Evan Mitchell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Re: MIO questions Message-ID: <30677@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 16 Aug 89 16:52:24 GMT References: <5812@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM> Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: mitchell@janus.UUCP (Evan Mitchell) Distribution: usa Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 31 In article <5812@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM> briann@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM.UUCP (Brian Nakata) writes: >I am considering buying an MIO from ICD. The problem is that I want >the 1Mb version but they cost $470! Too much by my standards. The >256Kb version sells for $260 and is much more reasonable. This raises >some questions on my part. Can the 256Kb version be expanded to 1Mb by >adding memory chips or are the two versions entirely different? Also, >to get around this problem entirely, is anyone interested in selling >their 1Mb version to me? > >Brian My question is WHY, WHY, WHY would anyone want to expand an 8-bit Atari? I loved my 1200XL, I even gave my brother an 8-bit system for christmas. ($200.00 bucks for an 800XL, XF551 and a NINTENDO Game (Zelda!) is an excellent deal, even today.) However, a friend of mine was (is) contemplating expanding his 130XE to one meg, and maybe buy a hard disk, 80 column card, etc. AND I TRIED MY BEST TO TALK HIM OUT OF IT!!! For the price of expanding an 8-bit, you could afford an ST or an Amiga. Atari has (apparently) abandoned the 8-bit line like it was a bastard child. When was the last time new (exciting) products were introduced for the 8-bit. Of those, how many require more than 64K? I don't believe anyone should throw his 8-bit away, I just don't see the reason for expansion... _______________________________________________________________________________ | Evan Jay Mitchell EECS/ERL Industrial Liaison Program | | mitchell@janus.berkeley.edu University of California at Berkeley | | Phone: (415) 643-6687 | | "Think, it ain't illegal...yet!" - George Clinton | |_____________________________________________________________________________|