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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AMIGA 2000?...or 2500?
Message-ID: <1472@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 1-Mar-87 00:44:55 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1472
Posted: Sun Mar  1 00:44:55 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 2-Mar-87 04:38:48 EST
References: <620015@ui3.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <620015@ui3.UUCP> dickow@ui3.UUCP writes:
>
>Well, Well, Well.....
>
>However, In the April 87 issue of AmigaWorld, on page 21, there is a
>full page picture of the 2000 mama-board, and printed on it is the label
>Amiga 2500. What might these numbers mean? Was the original model to be
>named the 2500? Do the actual 2000 boards all have labels that read 2500?
>
>Bob Dickow (...egg-id!ui3!dickow)

There were prototypes internally called the A2000 and A2500.  The A2500
is the unit that actually made it to productionl Since everybody "knew"
the next machine was supposed to be the "A2000", the marketing types
decided it would be less confusing if they, rechristened the "A2500" as
the A2000.

It is still traditional and sometimes fun to projects code names which
may or may not make it to the outside world.  Of course there are other
names used when the prototypes refuse to work...
-- 
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