Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!ditto
From: ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Commodore & Amiga in InfoWorld
Summary: First, A2500, then A2500UX, then A2620, then Unix
Message-ID: <5290@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 22 Nov 88 02:25:33 GMT
References: <5438@louie.udel.EDU> <5253@cbmvax.UUCP> <77@sns.UUCP>
Reply-To: ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <77@sns.UUCP> space@sns.UUCP (Lars Soltau) writes:
>Hmmm, this sounds great. I have been waiting for the A2620 ever since on the
>Hannover Fair '88 that Commodore guy told me that "production will begin next
>week".
>I am, however, worried that if I grab this thing as soon as it gets available,
>I might be in for some nasty surprises like "minor design changes". I still
>remember the A2090/A2090A case, I have an old A2090 in my A2000 and don't
>know for sure yet if I will ever be able to autoboot from it.
>
>So here's my two questions:
>1) is this card in its final state?

Is anything ever in its final state?  :-)  Seriously, though, given the
amount of time that 2620's have been around C=A and the number of revisions
there have been (not a lot, but enough to convince me that the thing's
been thought through) I'd be quite happy to buy one today.

>2) is the UNIX port ready, i.e. will it become available at the same time
>   as the A2620?

Unix works fine (does that make it "ready"?) and registered developers
can apply to purchase beta A2500UX machines now.  According to the
"rumors" I hear, the A2500 is "available" now, the A2500UX (same thing
plus bigger disk, cartridge tape & Unix) will come along right behind
(i.e. Real Soon Now) and then the A2620 and Unix will be available as
separate (upgrade) products.  Only the A2500 is officially announced,
the rest was shown at COMDEX as a "technology preview" -- no date or
price commitments.

I think they announced a price for the A2500, but I can't remember it.
-- 
					-=] Ford [=-

"The number of Unix installations	(In Real Life:  Mike Ditto)
has grown to 10, with more expected."	ford@kenobi.cts.com
- The Unix Programmer's Manual,		...!sdcsvax!crash!elgar!ford
  2nd Edition, June, 1972.		ditto@cbmvax.commodore.com