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From: kgschlueter@violet.waterloo.edu (Kevin Schlueter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga 1000 and 1.4
Keywords: yet another whine
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Date: 23 Nov 89 17:52:56 GMT
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In article <1989Nov13.204336.26531@NCoast.ORG> davewt@ncoast.ORG (David Wright) writes:
>
>	But for some reason, people who traditionally owned C= equipment
>seem to think that their machine should be around and be supported forever.
>As an ex-C= salesman, I got quite sick of people coming in and asking why
>so few programs were not available on tape or cartridge for the 64 because
>they did not want to buy a disk drive.

Ok, I was one of the early A1000 owners.  I bought a somewhat overpriced
machine and helped keep Commodore in business.  I expect some kind
of upgrade path (there was NO trade up deal for Canadian owners).  My 
father purchased a RS Model 16.  When the T6000 came out, Tandy offered
to upgrade his M16, and, they offered the upgrade at a lower price to
those who had paid the original, higher price for the M16.

I fully expect Commodore to update their machines and eventually make
them incompatible with the old models.  However, I also expect them to make
an effort to partially accomodate the owners of the older machines, 
up to the limits of that older machine's hardware capabilities.

You might claim that I'm being unrealistic.  Perhaps I am.  One thing
I do know is that I will hesitate before buying another machine from
Commodore.  If enough people are as "unreasonable" as I am, Commodore
will go out of business.  Maybe Commodore's shareholders will be consoled
by the fact that it was "unreasonable" people who put the company
out of business.