17 Jul
2016
17 Jul
'16
8:28 a.m.
On 16 July 2016 at 19:16, Christian Corti
<cc at informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
The A2000 did *not* have a built-in hard disk, that
was the A3000. The A2000
was just an "updated" A1000 in a large desktop case with Zorro slots...
completely braindead.
Again with the "braindead" jibes. You have not clarified or explained
what your objection to the machine was.
It seems that there were about 5 models...
A1500 -- A2000, no hard disk but dual floppies. A sensible affordable
model for 1987 or so.
A2000 -- an expandable A1000 with slots and provision for an on-board hard disk.
A2000HD -- an A2000 with a hard disk preinstalled.
A2500 -- an A2000 with a CBM processor upgrade preinstalled, either a
68020 or a 68030.
If you are arguing that the A2000 should have been launched with a
68020 on the motherboard, rather than a 68000, well, yes, that would
have been great -- but also very expensive, and the Amiga was a
low-cost machine in a very price-sensitive market. A 68020 in 1987
might have been just too much, too expensive.
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