From: rws@dstos3.dsto.gov.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re:  REAL FALCON 030 SPECS
Date: 28 Sep 92 20:33:08 GMT
Organization: Defence Science and Technology Organisation

In article <1992Sep24.180851.25046@tronsbox.xei.com>, dfrancis@tronsbox.xei.com (Dennis Heffernan) writes:
> In article <1992Sep23.114231.164614@dstos3.dsto.gov.au> rws@dstos3.dsto.gov.au writes:
> |I certainly never predicted the TT would kill the Amiga 3000, and I'm not an
> |atari owner.  Secondly it matters little that you have not seen a TT, and the
> |world is far larger than the United States you know.
> 
> 	Yes, it DOES matter that I have never seen a TT.  What good is it if I
> can't GET ONE?  What good is it if no one will sell me software for it?
> 
> 	And sure, the world's larger than the US...we're just the imporant
> part.
> 
> |I don't know about the "rabid atari owners" but I certainly did not say that
> |the falcon would kill the Amiga 4000.  I clearly stated that these machines are
> |aimed at totally different markets altogether.
> 
> 	So we're back to the original comment...who cares about the Falcon?
> You'd might as well complain that the A4000 doesn't stack up to a Crimson.

So we're back to my original point, I have stated time and time again that the
4000 and the falcon are not going to be competing they are aimed at different
markets.  What I am saying and have always said is that commodore need a low
end machine with falcon type specs.  The home market is very important to
commodore and the only reason you have a 3000 let alone a 4000 is because the
amiga has been kept alive by the 500.  

> 
> |I think you could be wrong, but we will see.  Atari made the mistake with the
> |TT of pretending they could crack the big time business users.  With this
> |product they recognize that their strongest user base is the home/hobbiest,
> |the ST is in a lot of homes around the world.  This is probably a fact that
> |commodore would also be well advised to recognize.  Commodore need a cheap
> |machine comparable to the falcon because let's be honest, most of their market
> |is in the home also.
> 
> 	People are still buying 500's in droves.  Probably 600's too.  Why
> should Commodore waste money trying to improve a product people already
> like?  If the Falcon seriously cuts into their sales they'll toss together a
> cheap '030 AGA machine and step on it.  But like I said before, Atari can't
> push enough of these things out the door to do the job.  They can't provide
> decent support for the damned Lynx at this point.

People used to buy 64s in droves, atari 800s in droves, vic 20s in droves TRS
80s in droves.  Just because people are buying things in droves now doesn't
mean they always will.  The STs and Amiga 500s of this world killed off the
eight bit market.  In answer to your question, commodore should spend money to
improve something people like (A500/600) because when people see 030, DSP and
65K colours they may not like it so much anymore.  They can't provide support
for the "damned linx" but it's sold a million units to this point.

> 
> dfrancis@tronsbox.xei.com   ...uunet!tronsbox!dfrancis     GEnie: D.HEFFERNAN1
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> "I don't understand why you make such a big deal out of everything...haven't
> you learned; if it's not happenning to me it's not important?" -Murphy Brown

Russell.
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