Conference hydra::amiga_v1

4252.0. "Commodore (UK) announce A1500 !!" by POLIS::THOMSONA (C'mon, git aff! /The Kelty Clippie) Fri Nov 09 1990 04:41

Well, surprise, surprise !!

I got the December issue of Amiga Format yesterday and there was a C< advert 
detailing an Amiga 1500 !! (Yes a genuine Commodore advert - not a 3rd party)

It looks exactly like an A2000, and a small article on it says that it has
all the same expansion slots. It comes with 2 floppy drives, a 1084 monitor,
1Mb of ram (all chip) and a few S/W titles thrown in (Dpaint III...)

My suspicion is that its simply a rebadged 2000 - but why ???

Price in the UK is �999 + vat (@ 15%) - but that's Commodores official price
I'd be surprised if it isn't available mail order for �700 - �800 soon 
(including vat).

Does anyone have more details ???????

				Alan T.

    There is some more about it on the front page of 'PC WEEK', Nov 6
    issue. It doesn't really add anything to what you have written.
    
    There's also another article about the Amiga in this paper (page21)
    - compairing it with Windows 3 (I havn't read it yet).
    
    Alan - I leave PC WEEK on my desk if you want to have a look at the
    article (I'm on vacation next week).
    
    Joe

    As a point of comparison for the colonials, any idea how much that is
    in $$$$ ?  Or perhaps you could list the cost of an A500 and an A2000
    with roughly the same equipment/memory/etc and let us figure it out as
    best we can. Though it may never translate across the waters.