Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!daveh From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: SDP Message-ID: <3899@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 31 May 88 22:14:23 GMT References: <1602@vu-vlsi.Villanova.EDU> Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 24 in article <1602@vu-vlsi.Villanova.EDU>, cheung@vu-vlsi.Villanova.EDU (Wilson Cheung) says: > Keywords: death of > It certainly sounds like ASDG as a company is in serious trouble. That > $1300 price for SDP that was set at $450 a year ago indicates a lot of > ASDG's time and money was spent on SDP. I don't recall ASDG's original price on SDP, but I doubt it was $450 a year ago. Having seen the board, I can attest to the fact that it was very complicated, having it's own 68000, quad-ported RAM, and lots of other neat stuff. It would have been an interesting product, if done in time, but I think they made the right move for ASDG in not marketing it. Since I've been at Commodore, I've seen many projects bite the dust for much the same reasons. It can sometimes take a year or more to develop a complicated piece of hardware, and there's no guarantee that the market can still support such a thing when it's done. I'm sure ASDG spent lots of time and money on SDP, but they'd probably be spending lots more time and money on it if they continued. It's a tough decision to axe a product at any point in development, but a smart company will do so if it's in their interest. > Wilson Cheung -- Dave Haynie "The B2000 Guy" Commodore-Amiga "The Crew That Never Rests" {ihnp4|uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: D-DAVE H BIX: hazy "I can't relax, 'cause I'm a Boinger!"