Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!en.ecn.purdue.edu!huebner From: huebner@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert E. Huebner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Message-ID: <1991Jan9.185526.10303@en.ecn.purdue.edu> Date: 9 Jan 91 18:55:26 GMT References: <1991Jan3.135257.6385@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> <1991Jan9.151250.14354@cck.cov.ac.uk> Organization: Commission for the safe & ethical use of mints and lozenges Lines: 32 In article <1991Jan9.151250.14354@cck.cov.ac.uk> csg019@cck.cov.ac.uk (-~=Zaphod=~-) writes: >In article <1991Jan3.135257.6385@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> set@phobos.cis.ksu.edu (Steve E Tietze ) writes: > >>Is their Amiga 1500 out??? Just saw an ad for one in the Amiga Ueser International. Any one have scoop on it???? > >Yes there is, i've got one. It's not by commodore, its by a UK firm called >checkmate. All it does is turn your amiga A500 into a PC lookalike, it >put the keyboard in a new cover and puts all the electronics in a sturdy >metal case for your monitor to stand on. You can then junk your old plastic >A500 case. The good thing about this is that it allows you to fit an overider >board, which has the capability to expand and A500 beyond a B2000. > Actually, there is an "official" A1500 (to be?) released in the U.K.- by Commodore. There is bound to be a lot of confusion between this official "bundle" the the Checkmate system. The most recent info I've read on the official A1500 is that it is a re-designed case with two drives, 1 Meg, and some bundled software for #999 (thats quid). The UK market seems quite fond of these "bundled" packages. Every couple of months they're talking about a new one. This sounds like the first one to offer much beyond simple bundled software. The December issue of Amiga Format has some brief blurbs about it (more like a rumour column, the mag also had a playable demo of Lemmings from Psygnosis--neat!) Just to make things more confusing, some UK vendor is selling the A5000 upgrade kit! -- | Robert E. Huebner (Amiga Nut) | "Although generally docile, teachers | | huebner@en.ecn.purdue.edu | have been known to attack savagely | | twilight@gendep.info.com | when backed up against a wall." |