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From: oconnor@sunray.steinmetz (Dennis Oconnor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga 500
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Date: Thu, 25-Jun-87 07:32:48 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 25 07:32:48 1987
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Reply-To: oconnor@sunray.steinmetz.UUCP (Dennis O'Connor)
Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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Keywords: A500 shipped good
Summary: They're here ...


	I bought an A500 Sunday, June 21. Nice unit. No bugs. Official
list for A500 & Monitor $1100; commonly sells for $995. Keyboard has
nice feel, seems to be good quality. Have run Sonix, Pagesetter,
Bard's Tale, Mirror, MicroGNUemacs, VT100, Triclops, Missile, Keyboard Cadet;
not extensively but no problems so far. Back of A500 box has lots of
color pictures of Amiga screens showing DIVERSE ( games, CAD, business )
COLORFUL applications. System unit is not inconveniently bulky.

	Our local dealers all seem to have about 8 A500 boxes just stacked
in the showrooms, with monitor boxes nearby. Commodore isn't just shipping,
they are shipping volume. Now, I WANT MY A501 EXPANSION RAM ( rumor is they
are already available routinely in Connect-i-cut ( ROAD TRIP!? ) :-)).

	I have seen the Future : it is the A500/A2000 ( "you hit 'em high,
I'll hit em low ..." ). The A500 IS cost-effective when compared even to
a bargain-basement PC-clone ( "... for only $300 more you get a color
monitor, better floppy, expandable to 8Meg, 68000 power, ... ). So, just
say YAHA ! ( Yet Another Happy Amigan )
--
	Dennis O'Connor 	oconnor@sungoddess.steinmetz.UUCP ??
				ARPA: OCONNORDM@ge-crd.arpa
 "Everything { used_to_have | has | will_have } a niche, even my opinions."