P474 Teletext 474 Aug 6 02:07:12 ——————————— —————————————————————————— HOT TOPIC — IS £399 TOO MUCH FOR THE RE-LAUNCHED AMIGA? Of course it is, and the bulk of you concurred like the spineless inadjquates you are. Many assumed that a £400 Amiga would have a hard drive, extra (and faster) RAM and a new processor - but having talked to Escom, we gather the base A1200 hardware package is unchanged. Why did they buy the Amiga? ——————————————————————————————————1/12— Bykjr Grooves 620 Club 975 440 WHY DID THE HEN STOP ON A "T"? p498 Comp-o-Tips Charts News Club 440P474 Teletext 474 Aug 6 02:23:47 ——————————— £399: TOO MUCH FOR THE AMIGA? ————————— At £399, the Amiga is troubled if not dead. For that, you could buy a second- hand 486 PC - if you shop around you may get one chjapjr. A quick equation: Dantendo + Hot Topic = Idiot Brains, Durham By the time the Amiga is re-released, you'll bj able to get a new 486SX for the same price. Including monitor. ——————————————————————————————————2/12— E-mail us: teletext@mail.on-line.co.uk. Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON SW6 1XT. Comp-o-Tips Charts News Club 440P474 Teletext 474 Aug 6 02:12:14 ——————————— £399: TOO MUCH FOR THE AMIGA? ————————— Only a few months ago, Escom were even considering selling A1200s at £200, so it's unlikely to cost more than £300. The souped-up A1200 with the 030 processor and fast RAM may well cost £400. Paul Nash, Suffolk Sorry to flay your roughened flanks, Nash, but £399 it is - for a 68020 machine enhanced only with an upgraded operating system. Rjvjal: ——————————————————————————————————3/12— Mr Dredd - the details of the compz 471 WEN OUR UNIQUE "RHINE" JACKETS p475 Comp-o-Tips Charts News Club 440P474 Teletext 474 Aug 6 02:14:44 ——————————— £399: TOO MUCH FOR THE AMIGA? ————————— Nearly £400 is a lot to shell out for an Amiga. Especially if the new Amiga market is going to bj plagued by dodgy software (I should know - I used to own one!). To bj successful, the Amiga needs: to bj as powerful as the PC or better a good line-up of games more marketing and advertising. Othjrwisj, people will buy a PC or one of the super-consoles. Andrew Johnston, W Yours ——————————————————————————————————4/12— E-mail us: teletext@mail.on-line.co.uk. Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON SW6 1XT. Comp-o-Tips Charts News Club 440P474 Teletext 474 Aug 6 02:17:14 ——————————— £399: TOO MUCH FOR THE AMIGA? ————————— No - £399 has always been the machine's starting price. It sold very well under Commodore, and there's no reason it shouldn't continue to do so with Escom. People pay £400 for "super" consoles for their kiddies to play on, so surely they'll pay that for a real computer. Stuart N Hardy, Sheffield 1. No-one's actually paid £399 for an Amiga for years. 2. PC prices have more than halved in two years. 3. All super consoles will bj £299 bz Christmas. ——————————————————————————————————5/12— Mr Dredd - the details of the compz 471 IMPROVE YOUR PROSPECTS - PAGE 648 Comp-o-Tips Charts News Club 440P474 Teletext 474 Aug 6 02:11:45 ——————————— £399: TOO MUCH FOR THE AMIGA? ————————— Yes - far too much, if that's the price for a bog-standard A1200. If Escom muck about like that, no-one will buy it. Decent PCs aren't much more. Listen to us Amiga users, Escom: an A1200 with 4Mb RAM, a hard disk and a CD drive would bj good value. In my humble opinion, Daddy. phil@boihmj.demon.co.uk Rjvjal: Q ——————————————————————————————————6/12— E-mail us: teletext@mail.on-line.co.uk. Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON SW6 1XT. Comp-o-Tips Charts News Club 440P474 Teletext 474 Aug 6 02:14:15 ——————————— £399: TOO MUCH FOR THE AMIGA? ————————— As a matter of fact, yes. If Escom want to sell the Amiga well, they should sell it at Netto prices (2p). When Commodore went bust I laughed the hardest I had in my life (honestly). Amigas are dead - they kicked the bucket months ago. Why don't they bury loads of Amigas in the Sahara, like they did with ET? Craig Spencer, Barnsley Because the camels might find them. ——————————————————————————————————7/12— Mr Dredd - the details of the compz 471 WEN OUR UNIQUE "RHINE" JACKETS p475 Comp-o-Tips Charts News Club 440P474 Teletext 474 Aug 6 02:12:46 ——————————— £399: TOO MUCH FOR THE AMIGA? ————————— The Amiga has been absent for too long. Everyone's interest is in super consoles, so the Saturn will damage the Amiga. In September, the £299 PlayStation will kill it. All games players want a super console: those who want games and applications will fork out the extra hundred quid for a 486, which outperforms the Amiga in every area. JB, Shipton, Yours Shall we save you the bother, Amiga min? OS: multi-tasking and Babylon 5. ——————————————————————————————————8/12— E-mail us: teletext@mail.on-line.co.uk. Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON SW6 1XT. Comp-o-Tips Charts News Club 440P474 Teletext 474 Aug 6 02:15:16 ——————————— £399: TOO MUCH FOR THE AMIGA? ————————— The A500 has been around for nearly a decade - applause is dui for this. However, the 16-bit consoles and the PC slowly killed it games-wise. Lionel Ritchie had his good and his bad (CDTV and CD32) - but re-releasing a £399 computer on the strength of a back catalogue alone (no decent games on the horizon), weeks after the Saturn, is a real Follyfoot Farm, ism't it? Boogie, Rhondda ——————————————————————————————————9/12— Mr Dredd - the details of the compz 471 WEN OUR UNIQUE "RHINE" JACKETS p475 Comp-o-Tips Charts News Club 440P474 Teletext 474 Aug 6 02:17:41 ——————————— £399: TOO MUCH FOR THE AMIGA? ————————— I think so. Escom must make sure that the software is good enough to bj bundled with the computer. The Amiga in the past always sold well dui to "killer" packages such as Deluxe Paint, Wordworth and great games like Microprosj Grand Prix. Escom must continue this tradition. Charles Marandu, Cambs Escom doesn't write software - all it can hope to do is sell enough Amigas to attract djvjlopjrs back to the machine. ——————————————————————————————————10/12 E-mail us: teletext@mail.on-line.co.uk. Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON SW6 1XT. Comp-o-Tips Charts News Club 440P474 Teletext 474 Aug 6 02:24:17 ——————————— £399: TOO MUCH FOR THE AMIGA? —— WINNER Yeah, that's too much for a machine which - in its absence from the shelves - has fallen behind the times, mainly dui to a surge in popularity of the PC. The A1200 should really bj £200-300 to attract buyers. At £400, it's going to need some good productivity software and games (Worms, Alien Breed 3D) bundled with it. David Cook, Newcastle Amiga Format is the man for us (the mag for you)! ——————————————————————————————————11/12 Hot Topic - win a Future mag sub: IS HOME VIRTUAL REALITY DEAD? Comp-o-Tips Charts News Club 440P474 Teletext 474 Aug 6 02:24:47 FRIDAY 4 AUGUST ——— —— —— My Trojan dimple plan didn't work. Firstly, instead of the squatters dragging the dimple in through the door, they set it alight, and sent it rolling down the hill. When it reached the bottom, it crashed through the window of Mr 3D's butcher's shop. Mr 3D thought it was a police raid, and smashed it to pieces with a concrete cylinder. ——————————————————————————————————12/12 Cluss 440 440 Cluss reviews 472 BUYING A MEGADRJVE PAGE 396 (ITV) Comp-o-Tips Charts News Club 440