Conference hydra::amiga_v1

2639.0. "MICROBOTICS Group Purchase" by NOVA::ARNOLD () Wed Jun 14 1989 15:22

*** Special Pricing on MICROBOTICS Hardware ***

    I know someone who works for Microbotics, so I can get the following
deals on their hardware products for the Amiga... As you will see, most
if not all of these prices beat mailorder prices including Abel Supply.

    If anyone is interested in purchasing anything, I will organize a
group order for everyone. Tell me what you want by sending mail to
NOVA::ARNOLD. I will only accept money orders or bank checks for any
order. I have to convert the whole order to one large cashiers check
and I can't wait for personal checks to clear the bank.

** The prices shown include UPS shipping to your address **

    I will handle any defective merchandise that needs to be returned
to the manufacturer.

-Jeff

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StarBoard2 Products for the AMIGA 500 and 1000

1200	Starboard2/1000 (0K)		$235.00
5200	StarBoard2/500  (0K)		$235.00
1210	SB2 Upper Deck  (0K)		$ 45.00
1220	SB2 Multifuction Module		$ 65.00
1230	SB2 StarDrive SCSI Module	$ 90.00

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8UP! MEMORY PRODUCTS for the AMIGA 2000

2150	8-UP! DIP RAM Card  (0M)	$ 165.00
			    (2M)    add $ 340.00
			    (4M)    add $ 680.00
			    (6M)    add $1020.00
			    (8M)    add $1360.00

  This is the new version of 8UP! that uses conventional
DRAM chips, instead of costly SIMM modules. You can populate
it in increments of 2 megabytes, up to 8 meg.

NOTE: It looks like Microbotics recently raised their list
price on this board from $199 to $239, so any mailorder ads
that you see listing this board for less than $165 probably
aren't valid anymore.

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HARDFRAME DRIVE CONTROLLER for the AMIGA 2000

2700	HardFrame DMA SCSI		$225.00
2710	HardFrame w/o metal bracket	$205.00
	(you don't need the metal bracket if you mount
	 the hard drive in the front drive bay, instead
	 of directly on the HardFrame card)

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    The price quoted in .-1 works out to about $21/chip.  Is this
    reasonable?  An earlier note indicated that chip prices are now
    starting to fall.

    Have there been any reports on the quality of this version of the 8UP
    board?  In other words, is there any reason to go with a more expensive
    board from another source?

	Paul

    If you are interested in any of the Microbotics products, please let
    me know by Friday, June 23rd. I will place the order the following
    week.
    
    -Jeff

    
    Just a pitch for the MicroBotics Hardframe DMA controller... this unit
    was rated tops by AmigaWorld, even better than CBM's own A2090A
    controller.   This unit never slows down, even while heavily
    multitasking or using severe overscan video.  It's actually about the
    nicest component in my whole A2000 system.
    
    Ed.

    I agree with Ed.  I have been pleased with the performance of my
    Hardframe + ST296N combination.
    
    The only negative thing the AmigaWorld article said about the Hardframe
    was that the installation software prompted you for all the drive
    configuration parameters, for which it already new the defaults.
    I did not consider the questions to be a burden (how often will
    you need to go through them),  and if for some reason you want to
    change a value there is no problem.
    
    This was the first time I ever installed any kind of hardware on
    any type of personal computer.  And everything worked the first
    time, with no problem, defining 4 partitions on the drive.
                          

        I am extending the cutoff date for ordering the Microbotics
    products to this Friday, June 30th. I have only received a few
    definite orders so far.
    
    -Jeff