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Article #1969Amiga questions
From: Dan Ritter
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 23:33
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 23:33
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I'm wondering if I can get some other peoples opinions on what to do with this Amiga computer I have here. I was recently given an Amiga 2000 system. It has about 3.5 megs ram. A 40 meg MFM type hard drive which is not working reliably at all. And a 2080 long persistance monitor. A long time ago I used to own an A500 system. I sold that and have been into IBM's since. I have however still had a soft spot in my heart for the Amiga computer. So I'm now wondering what I should do with this thing. I can't stand looking at Workbench 640x200 in 4 colors. And I equally can't stand interlace on the Amiga. I'm used to looking at Windows 95 running in 1024x768 256 color non interlace. By the way this Amiga only has 512k chip ram too. I do have a SVGA monitor kicking around here from when I upgraded the monitor on my IBM. And a Commodore 1702 composite color monitor. So I was thinking of getting a A1200. I would probably have to mail order it since all the stores that sold Amiga in my area (Vancouver, BC Canada) have gone bankrupt or are now selling IBM's or Mac's. Then I could use the SVGA monitor for Workbench and run it in 1024x768 NI. And use the composite color output on the 1702 for games. It doesnt make much sense to me to upgrade this A2000. It just needs too much. An accelerator. A new hard drive system. A new graphics card. Faster memory. High density drives. An OS upgrade. And when add it all up the price at least equals an A1200. And that computer seems to have all of that. So I wouldn't mind hearing some of the Amiga communities thoughts on this. Thanks L8ter 8-]
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