Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ll-xn!cit-vax!amdahl!kim From: kim@amdahl.UUCP (Kim DeVaughn) Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga Subject: Re: Sidecar available in Germany ??? Message-ID: <3667@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Sep-86 17:23:03 EDT Article-I.D.: amdahl.3667 Posted: Thu Sep 11 17:23:03 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Sep-86 21:43:08 EDT References: <3577@amdahl.UUCP> <148600134@uiucuxc> <2207@gitpyr.UUCP> Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Lines: 67 In article <2207@gitpyr.UUCP>, rodney@gitpyr.UUCP (RODNEY RICKS) writes: > A few weeks ago, my boss was talking with someone from a computer store > in France. He said that they had three sidecars in his store. I am not > 100 percent certain whether they were for sale or merely pre-release > versions (but why would they have THREE pre-release sidecars?). The following is an item that was posted on an internal (to Amdahl Corp.) conference for Amiga related discussions by Steve Schoettler on 8/28/86. Re-posted here with Steve's permission: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, I heard a rumor that the sidecar was being sold in West Germany. I figured I could get around the 220V, 50Hz, 4 prong plug compatibility problems and order one through a friend in W. Germany and have it in a couple of weeks. In case you might have had the same thoughts, here are my experiences: This morning I called the Commodore office in Braunschweig, which referred me to the office in Frankfurt, who said it won't be available for another four to six weeks. The West Chester, PA office had said US delivery should begin in about ten weeks. Oh well. Another rumor down the drain. If you're really dying to have one, I have the name of a guy in West Chester who might give you a 'preliminary' version of a sidecar if you send him a convincing enough letter as to why you should get one. In other words, "How many Amigas can YOUR product sell?" "There's always another way" -- Steve --------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve didn't have "the guy in West Chester's" name handy, but his recolection was that he was a V.P. or Director level person. > By the way, it seems that you might be able to start up the Amiga with the > Sidecar and turn off the Amiga and leave the Sidecar running, as someone > on the net asked about. This might be dangerous! At the demonstration that RJ Mical gave for the BADGE group, he said that there is the potential of "burning up" either the Amiga or the Sidecar (sorry, I don't remember which) if they are not powered up in the correct sequence. To minimize the chance of this happening, the Amiga's power cable is plugged into the Sidecar, and it controls the power on sequencing (the Amiga's on/off switch is left in the "on" position). Wow, just like on real big machines, Virginia! There was nothing specifically stated about powering off the Amiga, but I would want to be *VERY* sure about this before trying it. Any comments from Los Gatos or West Chester? /kim -- UUCP: {sun,hplabs,ihnp4,cbosgd}!amdahl!kim DDD: 408-746-8462 USPS: Amdahl Corp, 1250 E. Arques Av, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 CIS: 76535,25 [ Any thoughts or opinions which may or may not have been expressed ] [ herein are my own. They are not necessarily those of my employer. ]