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From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: New Amiga (long range rumors :-))
Message-ID: <1809@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 30-Apr-87 17:46:20 EDT
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Posted: Thu Apr 30 17:46:20 1987
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In article <3616@garfield.UUCP> john13@garfield.UUCP writes:
>In article <1739@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>, grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
>> 
>> 	Iff there is a continued demand for the A1000 style machine, then
>> 	revising the main board to use the A500 chipset would be a reasonable
>> 	idea, but it's not going to happen unless people vote with their
>> 	wallets...
>
>This may seem like a silly question, but if all A1000's get sold and there
>are only 2000's and 500's in the stores, it would be a little tough for
>people to vote with their wallets ("Well, here's some money, you keep it for
>as long as it takes to get some more 1000's in" :-). More likely they would
>just suffer in silence and buy one of the others, or even go to a competitor's
>machine.

	The metric would be continued retail sales of the A1000, at
	profitable price levels once the the new machines are out and
	feedback from dealers indicating that customers are asking for
	the A1000.

	This is of course only my own personal opinion and not any
	representation of an official Commodore position.

P.S.  Suffering in silence doesn't seem to be a frequent modality in the
      computer biz these days...
-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing	arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV
Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)