From: rickan@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Mark Rickan)
Subject: Re: Offic. new C= Announcements!
Organization: Department of Computer Science, McMaster University
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 19:36:36 GMT

In article <Steven_Hurdle.009b@amusers.UUCP> Steven_Hurdle@amusers.UUCP
(Steven Hurdle) writes:

[cross-posted from c.s.a.misc]

>OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COMMODORE!!!
 
>Commodore Canada has officially announced a number of products.

>- Hard Drive for CDTV expansion slot (presumably 2.5" IDE ala A600)
>- DCTV upgrade card for CDTV (for CDTV video slot)
 
>- Amiga 4000 an official product!!!  To be shown to the public at WOC
>Pasadena on September 12!  It ***WILL*** have the AA ChipSet!  Finally the
>speculation is about to end!!

>- AA ChipSet (as said above) officially announced.
 
>- 600HD officially announced and SHIPPING with *40* meg drive, not the 20
>meg the European versions have.  It will retail for $799 Suggested Canadian
>Retail, with street price likely to be lower in most centres (definitely so
>if the units start selling in quantity).
 
>- A570 officially announced.  No word on whether it will have internal RAM
>and HD expansion like the UK final-revision vvrsion does (which was added
>at the last minute).  Officially ready to ship any time now.
 
>- A3000T/040.  Tower A3000 with '040 on a card in the CPU slot, 5 megs of
>RAM, and a 200 meg HD.  The '030 and '882 slots are empty.  I couldn't find
>out pricing, ther than to get an official comment that it would be "much
>better" than adding an '040 card to a normal A3000T.
 
>The A4000 and new CDTV add-ons to ship "this quarter" (read
>what you like into that), but I was told that it will **DEFINITELY** ship
>before the end of the year, come hell or high water.  If you have the dosh
>sitting in the bank, you WILL be able to have a AA ChipSet equipped A4000
>before Christmas.  These announcements were made at a local show called the
>Multimedia Event (hosted by Commodore and a local dealer).  I had the scoop
>on all of them a few days before the show, though I can't reveal my
>source.  And I have the scoop on one other (only slightly less official).
>AmigaVision 3.0 Professional!  As far as I can discern, this was not an
>error on my source's part though I'm trying to validate that he didn't mean
>to say 2.0.  Possibly this means there will be an AmigaVision 2.0
>'consumer' release.
>Your guess is as good as mine.
 
>In case anyone's wondering about me since I've never posted to Usenet
>before (the system that I've been reading Usenet off of
>just got write access so I haven't been able to before now), I write the
>rumour column for the local club newsletter (AmUsers) and people have
>been sending me anything that they come across for inclusion.  Anything
>locally known that is "spreadable" I hear about before most others.  I have
>only sparce contacts outside of my locale, but should any kind souls out
>there have info that they ever might want to send to me please write me at:
 
>Steven Hurdle
>2735 Scafe rd.
>Victoria BC
>Canada
>V9B-3W6
 
>Full credit or anonymity can be given at request!  I may not be the
>Bandito, but it looks like I've been at the right place at the right time.
>Remember, this is all official other than the new AmigaVision version which
>is only semi-official.  In case anyone's wondering, permission to
>officially admit to the world about the AA ChipSet and the A4000 was JUST
>given prior to the show.  This may mean that it's the first official
>announcement anywhere,
>but is certainly the first in Canada that they knew of.  Sept. 12 is
>just around the corner....


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