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Subject: Re: Amiga Availability
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Date: Tue, 1-Oct-85 12:16:33 EDT
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>After seeing a demonstration of the Amiga at my local dealer, I was impressed
>enough to put myself on the waiting list for his second shipment of machines.
>The first shipment was to be on 9/27; the latest word is that the first
>shipment will be 'next week' (~10/9).  I'd like to know if anyone has purchased
>a non-development Amiga through a dealer.
Nope. Local Dealers here in Boulder say the same thing.

>  Have any commercial shipments taken place yet? 
Supposedly, this will be the first one.

>Having published software for the Apple II, I could easily justify
>a development system from Commodore, but being a software type, I would like 
>the hardware support (however minimal) offered by a dealer (read as 'E.E.', not
>'salesman') enough to spend the extra $$.  Are all the potential 'developers'
>scoffing up the production supply of systems?
According to Commodore, we're only responsible for 800 or so Amigas, so
I doubt it.

> I am very interested in a developer's kit which supposedly includes the 'C' 
> compiler and technical manuals, however.  What is involved in becoming an
> Amiga software 'developer' in Commodore's eyes?
There have been lots of articles published to this effect.  Mail me if you need
more info.

>It is also disconcerting to hear that developers are not receiving the same
>hardware that is being advertised in periodicals (different monitor).
>In the demonstration, I saw no evidence of screen flicker with the 'mandrill
>demo' or any of the other displays.  The monitor was a high quality RGB.
>Has anyone seen the output of the RGB monitor that is going to be shipped
>with the production version of the Amiga?  Does it have considerable
>flicker?
I have also seen this.  The local store did not have their Amiga monitor
hooked up, due to a missing cable, but I didn't see ANY flicker on the
Mandrill on the RGB they had hooked up.  I'll post something this week if
I can get to see one. (The cable's supposed to arrive today.)

>Have those people who did not receive their kickstart disk or manuals
>eventually receive them?  Was version 29 an improvement over 28?
>Any information on any of the above topics would be greatly appreciated.
Dunno.  Eric???
>   /  !/ Jeffrey Jay Clesius                              !\       

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