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Subject: Amiga price and availability
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Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 15:17:33 EDT
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	I have read the articles on the Amiga posted here with great
interest, as I am debating whether to buy an Amiga or a Macintosh in
the near future. Has anybody seen the Amiga in any stores? I doubt
it's being shipped yet, but does anybody know when it will be? I
understand the price is $1295, but hopefully there will be dealer
markdowns.
	Also, does anyone have information on good analog RGB monitors
for the Amiga? The pictures in Byte showed a monitor that seemed to be
made by Commodore. Does anyone have a price on this? Apparently,
Princeton Graphics wants $999 for their analog RGB monitor. Analog is
the only way to get all 4096 colors. Does anyone have information on
cheaper monitors? I understand the Amiga uses interlacing to get 400
lines on the screen, so a 640X200 resolution would only be necessary.
	Finally, what software is available *now*? The Byte article
listed quite a bit, but I have a strong suspicion that it's vaporware.
What's the true story? Thanks in advance for any help.

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