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s892031@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Pumpkin Power) writes:

>I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on the availability of this in
>Australia?  A friend of mine working in a local computer store recently
>rang Commodore Syndey to ask about ordering some for interested customers,
>and was told they currently had no plans to bring them into the country!
>When asking further he was bluntly told by the woman on the phone that
>she knew no more about it, she could go and get her boss if he liked but
>he'd say the same thing.  "Commodore New Zealand have them, why not ring
>tham and ask"!  He tried to find out more, was put on hold and eventually
>hung up on.  So, maybe he just happened to catch one moron there at the
>wrong time, or are they all being morons again?

They're probably all being morons again.

I know the experience, I've rung Commodore many many times and simply been
put on infinite hold with the phone hanging up after a few minutes.

But some people claim to have these new 500s, and they claim to have
bought them from a normal shop...so either (a) Commodore are lying and have
already begun the changeover (b) The people are lying (c) A few dealers
have imported them, which I doubt.

Anyway, is this machine actually REPLACING the 500 as we know it, and,
if so, they wouldn't be making the old 500s anymore, and therefore
isn't it only a matter of time?