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From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Some questions
Keywords: OS 2.0, Fatter Agnus, GVP
Message-ID: <13520@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 30 Jul 90 20:46:15 GMT
References: <428@spader.UUCP> <139323@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <1705@nyx.UUCP> <34635@ut-emx.UUCP>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <34635@ut-emx.UUCP> greg@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) writes:
>I'm sure this is going to start alot of flames, arguments, etc., but I've 
>heard that there _will_ _not_ be and _official_ A500 upgrade.

	Commodore has made no such statement that I am aware of personally.

>Anyway, I find no reason that 500 owners won't be able to upgrade to 2.0 and
>the ECS when 2000 owners do.  (Unless CBM puts some nasty hardware detection
>junk into it.)

	The hardware required to upgrade the rom would essentially be the same,
with the exception that some A500's have a couple of pins wired wrong, and it
would require a pin-swapping socket/daughterboard.  ECS inclusion or not is
an issue for the marketing guys.

>Anyone at CBM care to acknowledge/deny this?  If this is true, then what is
>CBM's reasoning behind this?  With Commodore going mass-market with the A500,
>doesn't it make sense not to seal its fate with an older OS?

	I can't speak on that officially - I'm not part of the US sales
company, and even if I was it would be incorrect for me to say.  All I will 
say personally is that the new marketing/sales guys are smart guys, and are
unlikely to make any major mistakes, in my personal opinion.

	My advice would be to calm down, stop playing "my rumor is worse than
yours", and wait for the announcement of A2000 upgrades.  I suspect A500
upgrade plans will be detailed then.  Running around like chickens with their
heads cut off doesn't help anyone.

Disclaimer: these are, of course, my personal opinions.
-- 
Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering.
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