From: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: CDTV is dead.
Date: 18 Aug 92 22:50:52 GMT
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Flying Cat, Inc.

In article <mykes.0ct0@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG> mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) writes:
>In article <34313@cbmvax.commodore.com> andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel) writes:
>> In article <mykes.0cnz@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG> mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) writes:
>> >more?  CBM told EA in 1985 that the A1000 would have a price tag of $1000.
>>
>> >So, EA jumps on the bandwagon and pumped big money into Amiga product and
>> >advertising.  Then the A1000 comes out at a price of > $2K.
>>
>> Actually, I believe it cost $1295 for the base 256K unit.  Sure, you could
>> add the 256K memory, the external disc drive, and the monitor (which
>> is what I expect you did) but that doesn't make the A1000 cost > $2K.
>>
>
>I paid $2250 for my first A1000.  You are telling me that the monitor,
>256K and disk drive cost $1K?

I guess it must have.  Maybe you bought a good Sony monitor, a couple
3.5" external drives, a 5.25" drive, possibly some software ?
(like your copy of Lattice C ?  :-)  )

>> (interestingly enough, the Writable Control Store was the major cost item
>>  that made the inital price higher than the target price)
>>
>> >Wonder why EA doesn't stand behind the Amiga anymore?
>>
>> Yes.  So I asked.  (I asked Mike Kawahara, to be exact).  His answer had nothing
>> to do with price of the A1000.  You should ask either Mike or Trip
>> sometime yourself.
>>
>
>I asked Tim Mott.  You can ask Mike K who Tim was to EA.  You don't offer any
>reasons why you think EA stopped supporting the Amiga...  I mean by not
>advertising, commisioning many new works, etc.

I don't remember any Amiga specific advertising from EA;  they were heavily
into multi-platform back then.

The reason I was told about them not supporting the Amiga heavily
(they still do Deluxe Paint, and a few other projects, you know)
was that they found that Amiga owners wouldn't pay as much as
PC owners.  (not to mention Mac owners).  He didn't mention any
grudges held over 7 years...his reason was more in context of a business
decision.

>
>> >CBM did the same thing with
>> >CDTV - promised an entry price of $700.  The machine sold for > $1K and
>> >was missing features (HW compression/decompression) that were promised.
>>
>> I'll have to look up the initial CDTV price.  (don't have it here) but I
>> thought it was less than 1K.  (maybe only $1 less, though)
>>
>
>Again, Tim Mott is my source for this.  I BEGGED him to let me do CDTV for
>EA :)
>

I looked again;  nothing about HW compression/decompression.  The target
price was 800.  EA's not supporting CD-I either, are they ?  :-)

>>
>> >Mike Schwartz  (ames!zorch!amiga0!mykes or mykes@amiga0.sf-bay.org)

			andy
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