Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!ames!purdue!mailrus!sharkey!oxtrap!teemc!mibte!jbh From: jbh@mibte.UUCP (James Harvey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Commodore Upgrades (was Re: Fat Agnus) Message-ID: <2831@mibte.UUCP> Date: 4 Jul 89 03:23:26 GMT References: <17836@louie.udel.EDU> <935@dialog.UUCP> <188@tw-rnd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> <18169@usc.edu> Organization: Michigan Bell Telephone Company Lines: 51 In article <18169@usc.edu>, papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes: > In article <7169@cbmvax.UUCP> higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom) writes: > >In article <18152@usc.edu> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes: > >$Commodore announced at DevCon '89 a board for the A2090 with autoboot ROMS > >$on it, which will give you the same features as the A2090A. No release date > >$was given. > >$-- Marco > >Marco, I am surprised. You of all people know that information presented at > >DevCon was for the attendees only. We didn't make anyone sign a non-disclosure, > >because it's unfriendly, and yes, the information you quoted is probably generally > >public, but please use discretion. > > Thank you. > > Paul, I AM surprised. The information about the availability of the 2090 > add-on for autoboot was given 2-3 months ago by Commodore representatives > at a variety of User Group meetings. News of the board was also given > by the former President, Max Toy, and printed in a variety of Amiga related > Magazines. About 2-3 months ago, Commodore representatives on Usenet > confirmend that such a board was in the works, though no release date > was given. The ONLY new information that was given out at DevCon '89 was > the actual "name" of the board. If you look at my message that is EXACTLY > what I "omitted" from my posting. You also say "the information you quoted > is probably generally public" and THEN you are "surprised" that I am posting > it? Hey, Paul, do your research a little better next time before accusing > somebody of non compliance with the implicit non-discolosure for DevCon '89 > material. If you go back and look at my messages about DevCon '89, you'll > see that there is nothing there that is not "general knowledge". > > How about a cool, quick apology? Thank you. > > -- Marco Papa 'Doc' > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > uucp:...!pollux!papa BIX:papa ARPAnet:pollux!papa@oberon.usc.edu > "There's Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Diga and Caligari!" -- Rick Unland > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= We heard that the name is "SlotWaster" because it is not a daughterboard but plugs into an empty slot. If I can put it in the Amiga side of my second bridgeboard slot and still have room for my IBM half card modem or half card Winchester controller, I'd still love it. -- Jim Harvey | "Ask not for whom the bell Michigan Bell Telephone | tolls and you will only pay 29777 Telegraph | Station-to-Station rates." Southfield, Mich. 48034 | ulysses!gamma!mibte!jbh