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I was there too, and you seem pretty accurate to me. The only quibble I have is on the AAA chips, Eggebrecht stated the first iteration is running as of last week, and blitting 25 bit images around the screen. The second iteration (with the bug fixes) should be done first quarter of next year. He then stated that it would be "possible" to ship a machine based on this chipset by late third quarter of next year. He said lots of other interesting things, like that CBM would give out no-cost licenses to make things they wanted available but couldn't spare the time to make, like the Multi-serial board and the networking card. The CD32 apparently sucked up all the engineering for a long time, so the DSP has been delayed until first quarter next year, and RTG until the release of the AAA machines. The 4000T should be released by the end of November. BTW, current production of the CD32 is 22,000 per week (!) which represents only a two month ramp-up from 0. It looks like the Philippines plant is really getting their act together. They said that the machines are being shipped as fast as they can make them, and the U.S. launch will be "soft" and restricted to major markets at first due to a lack of machines. The CD32, IMHO, is a truely cool machine. There, more than anyone wanted to know. <G> // -Karl \X/ Amiga and Autopilot: The *only* way to fly!