Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!bsu-cs!mithomas From: mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas Niehaus) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Commodore, Amiga, Apple, and MAC Message-ID: <10999@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> Date: 29 Mar 90 02:28:08 GMT References: <15003@snow-white.udel.EDU> <5463@sugar.hackercorp.com> Reply-To: mithomas@bsu-cs.UUCP (Michael Thomas Niehaus) Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana Lines: 47 > 1. The 2FX is vaporware in that it will not ship for months. I don't know about that one. The latest product availability listing from Apple: Item 1602065 20-March-90 15:21PST Sub: Central Product Availability March 20, 1990 PRODUCT AVAILABILITY CHICAGO ---------- CURR. FILL PROJ. NUMBER DESCRIPTION EDOTEO DATE F/DATE ------- ----------- ------------------- M0031LL/A Mac SE 2/40 2 WK 3/14 3/28 M5392 Mac SE 030 1/FD 3 WK 3/16 3/16 M5510LL/A Mac IIFX 4/FD 4 WK 3/14 3/14 M5515LL/A Mac IIFX 4/80 2 WK 3/15 CURR M5520LL/A Mac IIFX 4/160 7 WK 3/19 3/19 M5610 Mac IICX 1/40 1 WK 3/12 3/26 M5660 Mac IICX 1/FD 1 WK 3/14 3/26 M5710LL/A Mac IICi 1/FD 2 WK 3/01 3/26 M5745LL/A Parity Mac IICI 4/80 4 WK 10/09 10/09 M5790 Mac IIX 1/FD 3 WK 3/12 3/12 M5860 Mac IIX 4/160 3 WK 3/12 3/12 EDOTEO stands for Estimated Delay on today's entered orders. CURR FILL DATE is the date of the oldest unfilled order. PROJ F/DATE is Apple's projected fill date. According to this statement, the Mac IIfx is currently shipping. There is a 2-week backlog on the 4/80, which should be eliminated by the end of the month, a 4 week backlog on the 4/FD (which won't improve by the end of the month), and a 7-week backlog on the 4/160 (which also won't improve). -Michael -- Michael Niehaus UUCP: !{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!mithomas Apple Student Rep ARPA: mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu Ball State University AppleLink: ST0374 (from UUCP: st0374@applelink.apple.com)