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From: schweige@cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger X2502)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga 1000 and 1.4
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Date: 24 Nov 89 16:41:22 GMT
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In article <18532@watdragon.waterloo.edu> kgschlueter@violet.waterloo.edu (Kevin Schlueter) writes:
>
>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.


Tandy is to be praised for the support they have given for their orphaned 
machines, such as the T2000 (80186 based MSDOS machine, not a PC-compatible).
But it is interesting to note that they have now abandoned the Tandy 6000 line
completely (admittedly the line had a long history starting back with the
Z80 based Model II, then Model 12, Model 16 and finally T6000).  It appears
that with this move, no upgrade or conversion path was offered.  There might
be some parts support still offered, but there is no mention of the T6000 in the
current RS catalog.

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