| Sounds like the upgrade mentioned at the Boston Computer Society meeting
a week or two ago. I summarized that meeting in a previous note. I also
posted that summary to Usenet, and got a few corrections and some new
information. (It turns out there WERE some Amiga 500s at the show. The
crowds were too thick for me to glimpse one.)
The net result was that the local New England representatives had the
"$500 for your old Amiga" upgrade. However, Commodore announced its
intention to offer their own upgrade, but will not give out any details.
The three Usenet postings follow.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Path: decwrl!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!ames!rutgers!pyrnj!mirror!cca!rtolly
Subject: Re: Amiga 1000 to Amiga 2000 Upgrade
Posted: 27 Mar 87 14:04:47 GMT
Organization: Computer Corp. of America, Cambridge, MA
Summary:Corrections to R Meyers Report on BCS:
Couple of corrections to Randy Meyers report on the Boston Computer Society
meeting where the A2000 and A500 were launched:
This was the North American launch of both machines, despite the A2000
having been shown several places already. Several 500's WERE on stage
and available to be played with. Most of the presentation concerned the
2000. Tom Rattigan introduced the machines. Henry Ruben (sp?), Gail
Wellington, and RJ Mical gave technical presentations and demos of
the 2000.
The person who mentioned a 2000 for 1000 trade-in program was NOT from
Commodore - she was Betsy Piper, from Tech Plus, the New England
manufacturer's rep for Commodore. THEY will be offering this program
on their own, not Commodore. It will be up to other area manufacturer's
reps, dealers, or possibly Commodore, to provide that in other areas of
the country. Betsy and Tech Plus are acting on their own here.
A third-party 68020 board was running in one of the A2000's, I don't
know from whom.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Path: decwrl!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!ames!rutgers!umnd-cs!jwabik
Subject: Re: Amiga 1000 to Amiga 2000 Upgrade
Posted: 29 Mar 87 00:38:19 GMT
Organization: U. of Minnesota-Duluth, Computer Science
> I just got back from the Boston Computer Society general meeting where
> the Amiga 2000 was demonstrated. ... an Amiga 1000 to Amiga 2000
> upgrade was mentioned. ... Commodore ... chimed in with "And you can
> take advantage of the trade up policy to trade your Amiga 1000 in on
> an Amiga 2000."
> ... details were not finial, but Commodore
> was thinking of something like you give them a Amiga 1000 and $1000
> and they give you a new Amiga 2000. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Let me get my calculator.
A2000 = $1495; A2000 - $1000 = A1000; :. $1495-$1000 = $495 for my
A1000? And I thought I got screwed when I bought my last new-used car!
*coff*
Now I KNOW that Amigas can be had pretty cheaply these days, but I think
$495 is pretty rediculous. (If indeed this will be the trade policy).o
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Path: decwrl!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!ames!sri-spam!sri-unix!rutgers!cbmvax!higgin
Subject: Re: Amiga 1000 to Amiga 2000 Upgrade
Posted: 31 Mar 87 20:19:48 GMT
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
References:
To all A1000 users:
Just to set the record straight - there WILL be a policy to allow
you to upgrade to an A2000. However, the details will not be announced
until AFTER the A2000 is shipped.
Paul Higginbottom
Sales Support Manager
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