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Subject: Re: new stuff coming in '88
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Date: Thu, 3-Dec-87 15:23:55 EST
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>In article <1546@ssc-vax.UUCP> mcrae@ssc-vax.UUCP (Brian Mcrae) writes:
>>      Will these new chips work on the 1000?  If not why?  Is this a 
>>      good reason to update to the 2000 if they don't work on the 1000.
>
>ATTN. CATS:  Please answer these questions. I am sure I am not alone as
>an owner of a 2 year old A1000 who does not want to be left out in the
>cold because of hardware improvements to newer generations of Amigas.
>I am not afraid to desolder chips, cut PCB traces, install jumpers, decoders,
>flying wiring, and whatever else is necessary to bring my baby up to new
>levels of power/performance. 			...sjk

	I'm an owner of a 2 year old A1000 and I do not feel like I'm being
left out in the cold!  As far as the A2000 goes, there are no huge
differences between the base machines, and it is the base machines that 
people are writing software for!

	As far as hardware goes, yes! the A1000 is obsoleted by the new
internal bus of the A2000.  There *will* be many new products that will
work only in an A2000.  So what?  If I'm going to spend $$ on lots of 
hardware and $$ on lots of high powered software I might as well spend
another $ for an A2000.   If I'm a simple user who doesn't have the $$ to
buy all that hardware then an A1000 will still last me a couple of years
because the relatively low-powered software (< $1000) that I'm buying will
work on my A1000.

	I'm happy with my A1000.  When I decide to expand towards lots of
hard-disk space I will probably buy an A2000.  Of course, by then there
will be an A2500...  It is a continuous process. 

	Lets think about that for a moment... in 15 years the A1000, A500,
and A2000 will all be obsolete hardware wise.  The keyword is SOFTWARE
COMPATIBILITY.   But even though it is the prime consideration you cannot
let the issue BIND you... look at IBM, they are still using punch-card models
in their main-frames.  If something really becomes obsolete, it should be
REMOVED even if it does cause a few programs to break.  It's relatively
simple to take a little time and fix those programs so they don't break
on the new OS or machine.

					-Matt