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From: eric@hector.UUCP (Eric Lavitsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: CEBIT Commodore Announcements (A2500, A3000), shipping RSN
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Date: 30 Mar 88 16:00:11 GMT
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In article <5534@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes:
<In article <3520@cbmvax.UUCP> daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes:
<>No, your A1000 doesn't have slots.  Look sometime, you won't find any.  So you
<>need a place to plug this stuff in.  When the ASDG 2000-n-1 box comes out, I
<>				      ^^^^
<>suspect that will let you add the three cards mentioned above with no
<>trouble.
<>
<	Um.... Shouldn't that be 'if'?
<
<	Yes, Perry, I am trying to annoy you.  I deliberately passed up the
<2000 upgrade deal as well as other upgrade paths based on your claim that
<the 2000-and-1 would be available shortly, and based on my perception that
<you would deliver what you promised, namely, a rock-solid product.

No problem Leo, here's the scoop. The product was delayed in all the flurry
of "upgrade" activity and also due to issues of small changes in the B2000
bus spec early on. ASDG still intends to produce the 2000-and-1 - response
at recent shows like AmiExpo LA has been positive.

At this point, both the casework and the motherboard design are complete.
The board should be in layout right now. We then build a bunch and take one
in for FCC testing. The suggested list price will stil be around $800. We
are promising delivery by the next AmiExpo in July (but hope to have it
well before then).

<	I have this 1000 under my fingers that's screaming for a hard disk,
<which I can't plug in, because I don't trust passing the bus through a SOTS
<box into your cage, and no one makes a hard disk controller in the old Zorro
<form factor (again, to fit in your Mr. C cage).
<
<Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape	ihnp4!ptsfa -\

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