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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Top 10 UNTRUE Rumors About Commodore-Amiga! (Was: Re: Amiga 3000 <> Fact or Fiction)
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Date: 3 Aug 89 23:19:17 GMT
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In <12247@grebyn.com>, ckp@grebyn.com (Checkpoint Technologies) writes:
>>   CBM WILL release the AMIGA 3000 in the next few weeks. So who knows
>>   maybe CBM's moving forward after all.
>
>
>	Sorry, they won't. What this most likely refers to is the
>imminent release of the A2630 card - a plug in 68030 30 card, like the
>A2620 68020 card. It runs at 25MHz, contains the 68882 FPU and 2/4 Meg
>of RAM, and has a connector for additional 32 bit add-ons (like more
>RAM).

That's probably the case. CBM Canada has not been helping matters by insisting
on calling the 3000 "a machine with the 2630 board". Every time I hear one of
their reps say that, it makes my hair stand on end.

-larry

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