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From: dalka@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (kenneth.j.dalka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A3000 Rumor - InfoWorld
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Date: 8 Jan 90 14:30:24 GMT
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> Well for the last few months I have been saving up for the 2000, and within
> those few months we have CBM coming out with the new chip set, and more Rumors
> of the 3000. I plan on getting a 2000 in February or March, so the release of
> the 3000 is imminent and the poor 2000 will become old technology within a year

This is a good question. Will the 2000 be obsolete? I suspect not because
if commodore was retiring the machine, it would not be doing new development
on the machine such as the enhanced chip set. Of course, one might consider
running a 68000 at 7 Mhz old technology but that's a whole different arguement.
(Please don't flame me too badly for this. I like the machine and I just can't
help it that this bugs me) Also, I don't see what the 3000 could do that the
accelerator boards don't give you. They almost have to put a plain 68000 in
the machine other wise there would be too much software that wouldn't run on
it unless this is a whole new breed of machine.... But I'm sure I must be
missing something becasue if it was that simple it wouldn't cost so much.
Maybe they want to charge an arm and a leg for UNIX.....I'm sure UNIX is/was
a lot of work for them.
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