grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins) (06/05/86)
In article <207@neoucom.UUCP> wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes: > >Hi Gang, > > I was wondering if anybody has actually seem the ephemeral >Commodore 900. There was a tantalizing little bit aobut it in Byte >magazine almost two years ago. I've heard that it is avilable in >Canada anr/or Europe. The dealer where I got my Amiga claims that >he actually saw a 900 at a Commodore marketing meeting. He also >gave me a glossy page that had a photo of the machine and official >corporate logo. > > O.K., I was totally taken in by the Amiga and love it. I'm >ready with my next stack of cash. How soon can we get one? >Please, please?... > > Bill Mayhew ..!allegra!neoucom!wtm or if lucky just wtm@neoucom Well, I've seen plenty, but then I was one of the engineers working on the C900 project. Unfortunatly, the C900 status is somewhere between being on indefinite hold, and dead as a doornail. The machine really worked, and a couple of hundred preproduction units were made in Germany, but only a few ever made it outside of Commodore. The reasons for this are complicated, but might be assumed to involve Commodore's financial distress, the problems of starting up a new product line and support structure, and corporate support for the Amiga. Most of the Unix people have moved on, but there are a few of us left, but we firmly believe that what the world needs is still a CHEAP UNIX MACHINE!!! -- George Robbins - now working with, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)