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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: A3000UX at UniForum?
Message-ID: <1991Feb6.141218.11094@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 6 Feb 91 14:12:18 GMT
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In article <1991Feb6.005537.7551@Neon.Stanford.EDU> torrie@cs.stanford.edu (The Ghost Who Walks) writes:
>es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>
>>	Yeah, so why are you laughing? The LIST price is way up
>>there. The EDUCATIONAL price, which will be near the street
>>price, is slightly under $4,000 for the A3000UX-B to institutions.
>
>  And quite a bit more to individuals I believe...  
>  Does this include a 1100 x 800 17" grayscale monitor?
>  Does it include the tape drive which you'll need if you ever want to
>update your software??  (Why on earth Commodore doesn't go CD-ROM is
>beyond me.  Are there ANY CD-ROM drives for the Amiga?)
>  
	The price was $4,279 I believe to individuals, which is
close to the $4,000 reported in Byte. It doesn't appear to
include monitor or tape drive. However both are available. As
well, Xetec makes a CD-ROM for the Amiga and Commodore will be,
essentially, whenever CD-TV starts shipping.
>-- 
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Evan Torrie.  Stanford University, Class of 199?       torrie@cs.stanford.edu   
>"I didn't get where I am today without knowing a good deal when I see one,
> Reggie."  "Yes, C.J."


	-- Ethan


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