On 09-Jul-97, jpero_at_mail.cgo.wave.ca wrote:
>Well, there's the 500/1000/2000 series still useful at my hometown,
>but problem is:
>Will they will keep making those chips?! Better yet, improved and
>using CMOS instead of hotter NMOS?
Jason,
Yes, the A500, A1000, and A2000 are still quite useful and still quite
capable of running the newest version of the OS and such even though they are
upwards of 10 years old!
The fact that the A2000/A500 is now 10 years old and the A1000 is going on
13 years old doesn't point to it being very likely that the new company will
continue production of spare parts for these machines though. I'd say about
the only machines they are going to continue to support from the Commodore
days are the A4000 and the A1200, which even leaves out my favorite, the
A3000. Thankfully, it's still quite easy to pick up replacement chips for
almost any of the Amiga's from companies such as 'Software Hut' or 'Paxtron'.
In fact, Paxtron seems to still be on the lookout to buy just about any A2000
out there.
Jeff jeffh_at_unix.aardvarkol.com
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Received on Wed Jul 09 1997 - 07:42:33 BST