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From: plouff@nac.dec.com (16-Nov-1987 1405)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: New Commodore Products Admitted To
Message-ID: <8711161929.AA08759@decwrl.dec.com>
Date: Mon, 16-Nov-87 17:05:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 16 17:05:00 1987
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[Sorry for the new thread, but our internal distribution doesn't let us 
reply to individual articles.] 

    At the rather dissapointing MARCA fair in Marlborough, Mass. this 
    weekend, a "meet Commodore" session turned into discussion of new 
    Amiga products (also C-64, omitted here).  Here is what the 
    Commodore spokesman said.  Sorry, didn't catch his name, but he is 
    in charge of customer service.  Since he wasn't a marketing guy, 
    apply your own confidence factor.

    According to him, some new products Commodore is releasing are:
    
	- an 80206 Bridgeboard in first quarter 1988
    	- a 68020/68881 card
    	- a 1024 x 800 high-resolution monochrome monitor
    
    The rumored long-persistence monitor has been shown as a potential product,
    but is not in Commodore's current product development plans.  Commodore
    has no plans to make an A500 expansion chassis.  A2000 RAM expansion 
    cards have been designed to hold 2M and 8M bytes, but with current 
    dynamic RAM costs can't be sold for reasonable prices.
    
    We were warned that 1.5M and larger A500 internal RAM expansion 
    boards may draw too much power for the A500 supply to handle.
    Commodore does not recommend using any of these 3rd party boards.

    Expect to see PC clones next year based on Bridgeboard technology.
    Expect to see Commodore on the Computer Show a couple of times soon.
    
    Last, when asked about products appearing much later in the U.S.
    compared to Germany, the spokesman put much of the blame on 12-16
    week processing times by the FCC for certification.  Maybe there
    is some truth to the "FCC excuse" after all.

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    Wes Plouff			UUCP:     ...!decwrl!nac!plouff
    Digital Equipment Corp.	Internet: plouff%nac.dec@decwrl.dec.com
    Littleton, Mass.