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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: New Commodore Products Admitted To
Message-ID: <2805@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Nov-87 12:20:24 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2805
Posted: Tue Nov 17 12:20:24 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 19-Nov-87 20:46:05 EST
References: <8711161929.AA08759@decwrl.dec.com>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <8711161929.AA08759@decwrl.dec.com> plouff@nac.dec.com (16-Nov-1987 1405) writes:
> 
>   The rumored long-persistence monitor has been shown as a potential product,
>   but is not in Commodore's current product development plans.

>   						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.

Clarification:

  The A2080 is supposed to be on the way, however it's not clear whether
  in the long run there is a lot of demand for a premium quality Commodore
  branded monitor, or whether people really prefer to pay the extra money
  and buy off the shelf multi-sync type monitors.

  We are selling 2MB boards, however the 8MB board isn't likely to become
  a product until DRAM prices fall to a level that would allow a reasonable
  retail price for a fully loaded board.

  Note that both of these items reflect underlying economy of scale
  issues.  Some third party types can start making money after selling
  a few dozen ram cards, Commodore production plans are laid out in
  terms of thousands of units per month.
   
>   Expect to see PC clones next year based on Bridgeboard technology.

  Not sure what this means - we sell PC compatibles now, and will probably
  have bigger, better, cheaper, etc. ones in the future.  There's not any
  direct tie-in with the bridgeboard.

-- 
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