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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
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Subject: Re: left in the dark AGAIN?
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Date: 22 Mar 88 22:49:34 GMT
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In article <2711@crash.cts.com| gregb15@pro-charlotte.cts.com (Greg Beckham) writes:
|    With the release of the 2500 and the 3000 will C-A put the most emphasis
|on the newer machices and put the A500 and the A2000 behind them. This could
|be like the deal with the A500 and the A2000 taking over the A1000. Thus A LOT
|of Amiga users would 'be left in the dark'.
|   Will the newer software developed for the newer machines STILL be compat.
|with the A500 & 2000? What about add-on, third-party hard-ware (will the
|busses and slots[zorro] be the same?)

Maybe it isn't clear to people that the 2500 is actually a 2000 with add on
processor boards (68020+68881), plus HD standard etc.. . That's the beauty
of the A2000 design with the Coprocessor slot.  I think the A3000 announce-
ment is similar to IBM "statements of intent" to build a machine with such
specifications "in the future".

Any official comments from CBM, so we can put this to rest?

-- Marco