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- Subject: CBM (US) Reduces Prices
-
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
-
- COMMODORE U.S. ANNOUNCES SIGNIFICANT PRICE REDUCTIONS
-
-
- (West Chester, PA --- February 1, 1993) Commodore Business Machines,
- Inc. today announced it has significantly reduced the U.S. Manufacturer's
- Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) on several of its Amiga (R) series
- multimedia computers and peripherals. The substantial price reductions of
- up to 45will affect the popular Amiga 2000, the powerful Amiga 3000T
- workstation series and the CD-ROM based, interactive CDTV (R) player.
-
- "In today's competitive environment affordability is a key factor when
- computer buying decisions are being made. While Commodore has long
- been recognized as a price performance leader, these pricing moves will
- keep us forefront in the minds of decision makers," said Geoffrey Stilley,
- vice president of sales. "The new lower prices of the Amiga 2000 and
- 3000 series machines, combined with their powerful features and
- flexibility, will strengthen Commodore's position within the demanding
- multimedia marketplace."
-
- The attached page lists the products affected by the price reductions. The
- original MSRP and new MSRP have been included for each product.
-
- Commodore Business Machines, Inc., based in West Chester, PA, is
- Commodore's U.S. subsidiary. The company manufactures and markets a
- complete line of Amiga computers and peripherals for the business,
- education, government and consumer markets. The company's worldwide
- installed user base of Amiga computers is nearly four million.
-
- Commodore (R) and CDTV (R) are trademarks of Commodore Electronics
- Limited. Amiga (R) and AmigaDOS are trademarks of Commodore-Amiga,
- Inc. Motorola (R) is a trademark of Motorola Inc. MS-DOS (R) is a
- trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
-
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- Commodore Price Reductions
- Original New
- Product MSRP MSRP
-
- A2000 with 1084S Monitor $1539 $1299
- Includes Motorola 68000 microprocessor,
- 1MB RAM, RGB video port and color
- RGB/composite monitor
-
- A3000-25/50 $2729 $1499
- Includes Motorola 25MHz 68030
- microprocessor, 68882 math co-processor,
- 2MB RAM, 50MB hard drive, SCSI interface,
- 15.75 and 31.5 KHz video ports.
-
- A3000-25/100 $3379 $1799
- Includes Motorola 25MHz 68030
- microprocessor, 68882 math
- co-processor, 5MB RAM, 100MB hard drive,
- SCSI interface, 15.75 and 31.5 KHz video
- ports.
-
- A3000T-25/100 new configuration $1859
- Tower configuration.
- Includes Motorola 25MHz 68030
- microprocessor, 68882 math co-processor,
- 5MB RAM, 100MB hard drive, SCSI interface,
- 15.75 and 31.5 KHz video ports
-
- A3000T-25/200 $4499 $1999
- Tower configuration.
- Includes Motorola 25MHz 68030
- microprocessor, 68882 math co-processor,
- 5MB RAM, 200MB hard drive, SCSI interface,
- 15.75 and 31.5 KHz video ports
-
- A3000T-040/200 $5998 $2875
- Tower configuration.
- Includes 25MHz Motorola MC68040
- microprocessor, 5MB RAM, 200MB hard drive,
- SCSI interface, 15.75 and 31.5KHz video ports
-
- A2630/4 Processor Board $1799 $1299
- Motorola 25MHz 68030 microprocessor
- with 68882 math co-processor, memory
- management unit and 4MB of 32-bit RAM
-
- A2386SX-25 Bridgeboard $ 959 $ 649
- 25MHz 80386SX co-processor board with
- 1MB RAM, and MS-DOS
-
- CDTV Player $ 999 $ 599
- Includes Motorola 68000 microprocessor,
- 1MB RAM, 2K non-volatile RAM reserved for
- system, 512K ROM, and 540MB CD-ROM drive
-
- Note: All Amiga 2000 and 3000 series computers come standard with one
- 3.5 inch floppy drive, mouse, keyboard, two mouse ports, serial and
- parallel ports and AmigaDOS (TM).
-
- -end-
-