From sue@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com Wed Feb 3 14:11:13 1993 Received: from rutgers.edu by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.0) id AA27514; Wed, 3 Feb 93 14:11:04 PST Received: from cbmvax.UUCP by rutgers.edu (5.59/SMI4.0/RU1.5/3.08) with UUCP id AA10219; Wed, 3 Feb 93 15:36:15 EST Received: by cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (5.57/UUCP-Project/Commodore - Server Version 01/25/93) id AA22080; Wed, 3 Feb 93 15:28:09 EST Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 15:28:09 EST From: sue@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (Sue West - CATS) Message-Id: <9302032028.AA22080@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com> To: announce@cs.ucdavis.edu Subject: CBM (US) Reduces Prices Status: RO 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 45% will 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).