#CBM ANNNOUNCEMENT?
RUMOR/RUMOR/RUMOR!!! The following message was picked up by a friend on
USENET and passed on to me… sorry, can't vouch for the accuracy of
ANYTHING in the message, but since the WOC Show is sooo close, why not
feed the fires of our imginations? <g>
Quoted from an article in "Club Amiga":
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=================== OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COMMODORE!!!
Commodore Canada has officially announced a number of products.
– Hard Drive for CDTV expansion slot (presumably 2.5" IDE ala A600)
– DCTV upgrade card for CDTV (for CDTV video slot)
– Amiga 4000 an official product!!! To be shown to the public at WOC
Pasadena on September 12! It ***WILL*** have the AA ChipSet! Finally
the speculation is about to end!!
– AA ChipSet (as said above) officially announced.
– 600HD officially announced and SHIPPING with *40* meg drive, not the 20
meg the European versions have. It will retail for $799 Suggested
Canadian Retail, with street price likely to be lower in most centres
(definitely so if the units start selling in quanitity).
– A570 officially announced. No word on whether it will have internal
RAM and HD expansion like the UK final-revision vvrsion does (which was
added at the last minute). Officially ready to ship any time now.
– A3000T/040. Tower A3000 with '040 on a card in the CPU slot, 5 megs of
RAM, and a 200 meg HD. The '030 and '882 slots are empty. I couldn't
find out pricing, ther than to get an official comment that it would be
"much better" than adding an '040 card to a normal A3000T.
– The A4000 and new CDTV add-ons to ship "this quarter" (read what you
like into that), but I was told that it will **DEFINITELY** ship before
the end of the year, come hell or high water. If you have the dosh
sitting in the bank, you WILL be able to have a AA ChipSet equipped A4000
before Christmas. These announcements were made at a local show called
the Multimedia Event (hosted by Commodore and a local dealer). I had the
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