sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) (09/30/90)
koshy@abekrd.UUCP (Koshy Abraham) writes: |I was at the Business Computer Show in Earls Court, London. Commodore showed |an A1500 Amiga for 1000 pounds. It is basically an A2000 with an A1500 label. |They are calling it the Personal Home Computer (I think). It comes with some |software as follows : | Platinum Works | Deluxe Paint (II ?) | About three games |A Colour monitor is included in the price, as well as two 3.5 inch drives. |ECS is included in the new package. Hey this one slipped in on us didn't it? I don't remember anyone mentioning that CBM was going to release a 1500. I remember some speculation that there was a need for a computer in between the 500 and 2000, but that was all. Can someone in the know tell us more about this beast? Is it just in the UK? What is the difference between it and the 2000? What's its purpose? How much is 1000 pounds in US dollars? Am I asking too many questions? :-) -- John Sparks |D.I.S.K. Public Access Unix System| Multi-User Games, Email sparks@corpane.UUCP |PH: (502) 968-DISK 24Hrs/2400BPS | Usenet, Chatting, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|7 line Multi-User system. | Downloads & more. A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of----Ogden Nash
koshy@abekrd.UUCP (Koshy Abraham) (10/03/90)
In <3203@corpane.UUCP> sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes: >koshy@abekrd.UUCP (Koshy Abraham) writes: >|I was at the Business Computer Show in Earls Court, London. Commodore showed >|an A1500 Amiga for 1000 pounds. It is basically an A2000 with an A1500 label. [Stuff deleted] >Hey this one slipped in on us didn't it? I don't remember anyone mentioning >that CBM was going to release a 1500. I remember some speculation that >there was a need for a computer in between the 500 and 2000, but that was >all. >Can someone in the know tell us more about this beast? Is it just in the >UK? What is the difference between it and the 2000? What's its purpose? The difference - the A1500 comes with 2 floppy drives instead of one. You get the colour monitor and the various bits of software in the package. A 2000 with single floppy and colour monitor retails for about 1450 pounds. Sounds like a marketing ploy. >How much is 1000 pounds in US dollars? Am I asking too many questions? :-) At current exchange rates 1 pound = $1.8 approx (used to be 1:1.6 before the Iraq crisis). If I get more details I'll pass it on. >-- >John Sparks |D.I.S.K. Public Access Unix System| Multi-User Games, Email >sparks@corpane.UUCP |PH: (502) 968-DISK 24Hrs/2400BPS | Usenet, Chatting, >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|7 line Multi-User system. | Downloads & more. >A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of----Ogden Nash Koshy.
clj@rtmvax.UUCP (Chuck Joslin) (10/04/90)
Actually the A1500 is/was Commodore's designation for Amiga Live!. Which, of course, was never shipped by C=. I believe it's still in their database under A1500. -Chuck -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Chuck Joslin Commodore-Amiga Education Market Specialist AmiComp Computer Center Orlando, Florida (407)366-2000 BBS (407)366-6336 Only Amiga!
db@cs.ed.ac.uk (Dave Berry) (10/04/90)
Sigh. Yesterday I post information about Checkmate Digital's A1500 upgrade for the Amiga 500. Today I buy a copy of New Computer Express which gives info about the Amiga 1500. Yes, there really are two A1500s. In article <1423@abekrd.UUCP> koshy@abekrd.UUCP (Koshy Abraham) writes: >The difference [from an A2000] - the A1500 comes with 2 floppy drives >instead of one. You get the colour monitor and the various bits of >software in the package. The software is: Amiga Works (MSS) - word processor, database, spreadsheet etc. Populous, Sim City (with expansion disks for the extra 512K memory - I'm not sure what these disks do) Their Finest Hour Deluxe Paint 3 There's also a book: Get the most out of your Amiga, published by Amiga Format magazine. Today's Guardian gives the same info., but calls the business package "Platinum Works". Neither report says anything about the ECS or workbench 2.0, although an earlier poster here (Koshy?) said that the new machine uses the ECS. >A 2000 with single floppy and colour monitor retails for about 1450 pounds. >Sounds like a marketing ploy. Sounds like a sensible price for the A2000. I'm seriously interested in this machine. I have three questions. 1. When will this machine be available? 2. What is Platinum Works like? Can it print mail labels from the database? What's the word processor like? 3. The list price of the A2000 is 1249 pounds. Some mail order firms advertise it at 899 pounds. Similar differences apply to the A3000. The Edinburgh Amiga Centre claimed that these are "grey imports" (whatever that means) of dubious reliability. Are they bullshitting me, or are the mail order firms ripping people off? Anyone know the answers? -- Dave Berry, LFCS, Edinburgh Uni. db%lfcs.ed.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk "Dumping 33546240 bytes to dev 0x70e0100, offset 124968. Don't cycle power ..."
sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) (10/09/90)
koshy@abekrd.UUCP (Koshy Abraham) writes: >>UK? What is the difference between it and the 2000? What's its purpose? >The difference - the A1500 comes with 2 floppy drives instead of one. You get >the colour monitor and the various bits of software in the package. A 2000 with >single floppy and colour monitor retails for about 1450 pounds. >Sounds like a marketing ploy. But as a marketing ploy it doesn't make sense. They are using a smaller model number (1500 rather than 2000), and giving you more hardware (extra floppy and monitor) and some software, and charging you less than they do for a 2000??? Sounds idiotic to me. Why not just add the stuff to the 2000, keep the model number 'Amiga 2000' and charge less? That would make more sense. Giving it a number like Amiga 1500, makes it sound inferior to a 2000. -- John Sparks |D.I.S.K. Public Access Unix System| Multi-User Games, Email sparks@corpane.UUCP |PH: (502) 968-DISK 24Hrs/2400BPS | Usenet, Chatting, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|7 line Multi-User system. | Downloads & more. A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of----Ogden Nash