:) Niel!   
    > Hi DENNIS,   
    >  In a message dated 27 Mar 03 you wrote to CRAIG HUTCHISON :   
    >    
    >DS> Is the GVP "Tekmagic" 060 a good buy? This May is one year since   
    >DS> the A1 was ordered. If it doesn't show by this May, I was thinking   
    >DS> about moving on to this upgrade for old A2K...   
       
    > I have seen so many people put off upgrading their Amigas because of   
    > the   
    > vapourware bull that's been put out over the last half decade and more.   
    > I remember people back in 1996 putting off buying faster than an 030   
    > because "they're waiting for the A\Box, which will be here next month!"   
      
    What ever happened to AmiJoe? Obviously, it crapped out.   
    >    
    > Essentially, in *this* market, don't put off buying *ANYTHING* just   
    > because   
    > someone else has promised something better due 'really soon now'. I'm   
    > not saying the AmigaOne won't appear, but you've had it on pre-order   
    > for nearly a year!   
      
    I think the A1 only wants to hangout with UFOs these days! :-\   
      
    > I don't know what specification your A2000 is now, but even over a   
    > 25MHz 040   
      
    It's just a common A2000/ec020, GVP ScSi+4Mb ram, and Merlin Gfx. It   
   all runs OS3.9 BB2 pretty good, but a little slow. =:o A nice memory   
   usage feature is the Early Startup Menu. Normally I bootup with 3Mb,   
   but with ESM, I can almost double that to 6Mb via the mouse. But,   
   that only works, because the 1084S monitor is still in play. I prefer   
   VGA. :-]   
      
    > the 50MHz 060 is a good four times faster or more for most things. And   
    > being   
    > able to add 128MB RAM will make just about anything usable (which will   
    > be   
    > expensive compared to todays DIMMs, but a fraction of the cost of what   
    > it was a few years ago).   
      
   OK, you gotta point there! My strategy was to grab up an A1 and solve   
   all the harware problems! If OS4 wasn't ready, I could be bootingup in   
   LinuxUAE OS3.9. :) But, that never happened yet! :-<   
      
   Dennis   
      
      
      
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