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From: drz@utcsri.UUCP (Jerry Zarycky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: new amiga computers
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Date: Mon, 2-Feb-87 10:28:51 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  2 10:28:51 1987
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At the risk of incurring the wrath of Commodore higher-ups,
the following comes from 
	The Toronto Sun newspaper, Friday January 30, 1987

"NEW from Commodore: Two additional versions of the Amiga.
	The Amiga 500 will sell for $600 U.S. and will be a low-end
machine targeted at the home market.
	The Amiga 2000, aimed at business users, will have nine expansion
slots.  Prices will start at $1495 U.S.  The present Amiga 1000 will
continue to be sold."

Questions: (from the Great White North)
	What do Amiga 1000 computers currently sell for? (i.e.) how
will they fit into the above price range?

	Why so many expansion slots?  I can see it for earlier IBM PC
computers which needed slots for serial ports, parallel ports, display
cards, joystick ports, etc., but why for the Amiga, which has so much
already built in?


Speculation:	the Amiga 500 will be similar to an Atari 520STFM, in
		that the computer and disk drive will be built into the
		keyboard to minimize costs, an RF modulator will be built
		in, and it will be sold without an RGB monitor.

Wishful thinking #1:	the Amiga 2000 will come with 1 meg memory and
			a 30 meg hard disk, or ...

Wishful thinking #2:	some of the expansion slots in the Amiga 2000 will
			allow inexpensive IBM PC hard disks to be used.


Finally, rumor has it we should actually see the new computers in the stores
come late February or early March.

Jerry Zarycky

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