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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: CDTV titles on an A500?
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Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1991 03:15:32 GMT

In article <1991Jun2.232554.24741@daimi.aau.dk> pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk (Jakob G}rdsted) writes:
>zuckerma@aludra.usc.edu (David Zuckerman) writes:
>>>for the CDTV restrains my wife and me.
>
>>Commodore plans to release a CD-ROM drive that attaches to the expansion
>>port of the A500.  Known as the A690, it's been shown at a past CES and
>>carries a retail price of $699.
>
>WHAAAAT? If I have read other posts in these newsgroups correctly,
>this is more like the price for a CDTV!? Why would anybody want to
>pay so much for the drive, if they could get the CDTV(with an Amiga in it)
>for the same money? Surely, you are kidding? Or is the CDTV more 
>expensive than I thought? 
>
	It is $300 less than the price of CDTV. You shouldn't mix
up list price and street price.

>
>--
>From the notorious
>                      Jakob Gaardsted, Computer Science Department
>Bed og arbejd !            University of Aarhus,  Jylland (!)
>(Pray and work!)  AMIGA!  pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk | I'd rather play Moria.


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