es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) (03/26/90)
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Subject: Commodore: No Sign of the A3000 Amiga
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Date: 25 Mar 90 09:27:22 GMT
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HANNOVER, WEST GERMANY, 1990 MAR 24 (NB) -- Despite much press
attention, Commodore had no new products on show at Cebit '90.
Instead, company representatives were busy showing the company's
existing products, including the PC-40, 50 and 60 'III' series,
and the Amiga 2500/30 system, first shown at Comdex Fall last
November.
Despite the no-show of the Amiga A3000, Amiga users expressed
considerable interest in the A2500/30. Newsbytes understands from
sources close to Commodore that the A3000 just missed out on
Cebit and is, instead, now being readied for a 24 April launch at
the Which Computer? Show in Birmingham, England.
Commodore's delay in introducing the A3000 Amiga, due, company
sources say to software problems, is in marked contrast to the
introduction of the STe series from Atari last Autumn. The STe
series had compatibility problems with the original ST series,
resulting in Atari having to issue a software patch to allow many
ST programs to load on the STe machine.
One Commodore software developer told Newsbytes: "When the Amiga
A3000 does appear, its software will be 100 percent stable.
They're not going to repeat the Atari's experience with the STe
machine."
(Steve Gold/19900324/Press Contact: Commodore Buromaschinen - Tel
-WG- +49-69-66380)
-- Ethan
Ethan Solomita: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu
"If Commodore had to market sushi they'd call it `raw cold fish'"
-- The Bandito, inevitably stolen from someone else