#Commo – Facts
Hi there !
These are the facts which I have gathered this week (as opposed to rumours) !
1: Commo has delivered the A4000T to al least 2 dealers I know of in germany.
2: Commo has more than tripled prices on Kickstart 1.3 & 2.04 chips for dealers
in Germany. This is to make producers of Kick-Switches either sell them at much
higher prices or stop production completly therby persuading more A500 owners
to contemplate buying A1200
3: Commo dropped price of CD32 within germany to DM 499 (under $300). Commo
wants to see CD32 together with the Communicator or Communicator Lite from
Eureka (Holland) advertised as "external CDROM for Amiga 1200 " . It would
obviously be positive if they could get Amiga owners to buy CD32 as well ! (My
expectation : Amiga 1200 CDROM drive could now be given a much lower priority
!)
4: MPEG modules started coming on the market again. The first batch went to
Italy where Commodore is apparently doing VERY well at the moment.
It seems to have been "let known" that Commodore monitors (1084S/1942) will not
be on the market again for some time. Monitors from Microvitec appearing in
Germany through many different sources. I get the impression that Commo want to
concentrate on A1200/CD32 and are not too concerned about the monitors at the
moment.
Overall the mood at Commo this week was good. For the first time in weeks the
trade in Germany was more worried about the lack of business due to the first
warm days of the year than by the rumours surrounding Commodore.
I stress again – the information I give is FACT.
Regards
Richard
GTI germany