rumford@afitamy.fidonet.org (Don Rumford) (01/21/90)
>>>Is the A2091 released then? A friend has been waiting for > it. As of about >>>a week and a half ago, no mail order places that I called > had received any. >>>If it's out, can anybody tell me of some place that > carries it? Or is >>>mail order cut out on Amiga peripherals and cards as well > as the computers >>>themselves? >> >>No, as of Friday, January 12th it was not released...even > to Commodore >>employees. :-( No date was given as to when it will be > available either. > Ummm... not quite true. Several have been reported purchased > (a number of them > in Denver, as an example). Additionally, they are being > shipped to dealers by > Commodore Canada, though at this time they come only with a > drive, as a > package. > As usual, not all countries get them at the same time, and > not all dealers > within a country get them at the same time. Shouldn't be > long before we are up > to our armpits in them. :-) larry, The A2091 is currently shipping in the 2500/030 and as soon as they get enough to cover production of the 2000HDs they should become easy to get. -Don- P.S. Have used two of them already and they are NICE! -- Don Rumford - via FidoNet node 1:110/300 UUCP: uunet!dayvb!afitamy!rumford ARPA: rumford@afitamy.fidonet.org $ $p \uunet!dayvb!afitamy!rumford
rickf@pnet02.gryphon.com (Rick Flower) (01/23/90)
rumford@afitamy.fidonet.org (Don Rumford) writes: >>>>Is the A2091 released then? A friend has been waiting for >> it. As of about >>>>a week and a half ago, no mail order places that I called >> had received any. >>>>If it's out, can anybody tell me of some place that >> carries it? Or is >>>>mail order cut out on Amiga peripherals and cards as well >> as the computers >>>>themselves? >>> Well, I just went out and talked with a friend of mine the other day who just happens to be the Service Manager over at Creative Computers in Lawndale, Ca... Anyway, I didn't even KNOW that the A2091 existed before last friday!! To make a long story short, I ended up walking out with a brand new A2091 for $299 (cheaper than the A2090 which is going for $325 if I recall!) and a GVP 68030 board.. Anyway, I must say that the A2091 is quite a card! The software is nice (HdToolBox program), but unfortunately either my Maxtor drive OR the software itself doesn't handle the bad blocks correctly (e-mail me if you want details! I won't waste space here!) To sum it up, Creative Computers sells the A2091 for $299 and they are pulled out of other machines -- they are NOT "new-in-box".. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Caution, 68k Assembly Language Programmer at Play! | | Support S.A.N.E. (Snails Against Nuclear Energy) | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UUCP: {ames!elroy, <backbone>}!gryphon!pnet02!rickf | | InterNet: rickf@pnet02.gryphon.com | +=============================================================================+
eapu030@orion.oac.uci.edu (Jason Goldberg) (01/23/90)
In article <25157@gryphon.COM> rickf@pnet02.gryphon.com (Rick Flower) writes: >To sum it up, Creative Computers sells the A2091 for $299 and they are pulled >out of other machines -- they are NOT "new-in-box".. > I hate to break the news to you but you could have gone to ComputerCity about 30 miles South of Creative and bought a brand new, in the box, w/ manual/disk/warenty/etc... for less than $275. Of course it is worth a little extra to buy from your own dealer. Particularly when they have a Tech as good as Kelly (I asume that was your friend). -Jason-
jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams) (01/24/90)
I"m ordering the A2000HD/PC system tomorrow. It supposedly comes wiht the A2091 controller. Can someone post some specs on this card? -- John M. Adams --*-- Professional Student on the six-year plan! Internet: jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu -or- vladimir@maple.circa.ufl.edu "Houston, we have a negative on that orbit trajectory." Calvin & Hobbs