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A1500

    15-Nov-90 10:41:32
Sb: #3710-A1500
Fm: Betty Clay/SYSOP 76702,337
To: michel pratt 73007,2122
Michel, We are going to have nothing but confusion about the A1500, I think!! The kit you mention has been selling for some time under that name. People already know that by the name A1500. However, at a computer show in London in late September, Commodore showed a new computer named the A1500. According to the report sent me by a friend who attended the show, this computer is built into a 2000 case, and comes with two floppy drives and has 1M on the motherboard, along with the 1M Agnus chip. He did not tell me about the slots, but I assume that they are available. He said that it really looks like a 2000 except for the number on the front. Along with this introduction, there was an announcement that all machines numbered 2000 and up will be shipped with hard disks in the future; only the A1500 will come without one. He assumed that the 1500 was to be offered to the dealers as their low-end Amiga, and that the A500 will be put entirely in the consumer market. Maybe they ought to re-issue the A500 as an Amiga-compatible?? Betty