Doobrey wrote:
.... but I can`t imagine them being different sizes given CBMs love of cost cutting and standardising parts.
You know, there are a few things about this that always made me angry:
#1 - When you work on an old Amiga like a 2000 or a 3000, the screws for the case covers are completely non-standard, in fact, if I am not mistaken the A2000 uses 2 different types, 4 of one odd size for around the bottom of the case cover, and one monster one for the back. I am not positive of this, since I lost all of them eons ago ... so essentially, I am screwed ....
#2 - Cost. You would think that with all the cost cutting and using parts that no one else wanted (can you say Zorro slots??) that they could have peddled Amiga's to people for around $50.00, but Nooooooooo. When I bought my first A2000HD, it had a meg of RAM, 1 floppy, a 2090 board (no auto-boot ROMs, those were extra, a lot extra ...) and a whopping 20 Meg Miniscribe MFM HD which allowed me plenty of time to brew and poor a cup of coffee when typing 'list' in a CLI window since it was so slow. My friends and I would open 2 CLI's, and do a list on a floppy and the HD to see which one would be done first, it was like a geek version of {bleep}-fights. The price for this machine? $2800.00 without monitor, an even $3,000.00 with monitor and some software package that escapes me now.
Sorry for the long post, but, I feel much better now. :-)
- Mike
