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On 6 Aug 1999 23:51:39 GMT, the soul known as whaley@therapy.xs4all.nl
(Marco van den Hout) did verily smite their keyboard thusly:

>On Fri, 06 Aug 1999 22:34:27 GMT, The Alien <Someone@Someplace.Com> wrote:
>>I wonder how valueble a "pre-Commodore" Amiga is worth?  Especially a
>>working one that I have with a 1 gigabyte hard drive in it? ....
>
>How many pre-Commodore Amigas are there? Are they A1000s, or also A500s, A2000s?
>Only prototypes? I've never known better than that Amiga was owned by Commodore
>from the day they first released a machine to the public, but then again it took
>some time for me to realize there were also A1200s and A4000Ts that are not C=.

I remember reading about C= dragging a huge bread-boarded version of
the Amiga to shows, so I kinda doubt it. Remember it was the custom
chipset that was the big thing, and AFAIK, it was C= who got them put
into silicon.

>I'd sure like to have an A1000 now, and a A3000 which I still think is the most
>sexiest looking Amiga :) Won't spend very much on it though.

But the first A1000's have the autographs off the design team
(including Jay Miner's dog) under the case lid.  :o)

>Greetz, Whaley.

Antti

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