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From: kim@mips.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Future models of Amiga
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Date: Fri, 30-May-86 23:51:27 EDT
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[ ... go ahead, eat my bits ... ]

Take it for what its worth ...

There is a short article in the current issue of Infoworld (page 3, no less)
that supposedly gives a glimmer at what the Amiga 2000 will look like.

According to the article, there will be *internal* expansion slots, up to
2 Meg of memory (dunno if this is without using up a slot, or what), and
some user specifiable mix of 3.5" and 5.25" drives ... both hard and floppy
in both sizes.  Also, IBM-PC compatibility will be "internal" (optional ?).

Sorry for the lack of details, but the article was only slightly less vague
than what I've paraphrased above.

They also talked a bit about CBM's financials and the layoffs (sorry, RIF),
and had some quotes from a former CBM-Amiga (Los Gatos) Engineer to the
effect that CBM was disappointed in the Amiga sales, and would have liked
to drop the Amiga, but that the *bank(s)* felt that the Amiga was critical
to CBM's future, and wouldn't let them.  Jay Miner is quoted as saying that
he (the former Engineer) is entitled to his opinions, and that there *is*
confidence within the company for the future of the Amiga ...

It surely do sound like alot of internal politics and interdivisional
in-fighting has been going on within CBM over the Amiga.  Unfortunately
for Amy, it sounds like the partisans in "the other camp" (West Chester ?)
are winning.  Damn!

/kim
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