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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: MiAmigo on January 11, 2005, 07:16:07 AM

Title: The Chicken or the Egg?
Post by: MiAmigo on January 11, 2005, 07:16:07 AM
What's the order in which the Amiga machines were issued?
Amiga 1000 followed by...
Title: Re: The Chicken or the Egg?
Post by: gizz72 on January 11, 2005, 07:32:22 AM
Greetings MiAmigo,

Here's a good place to start. Clickity click...
http://amiga.emugaming.com/chronology.html

Enjoy yourself. :-D

Regards,

Gizz72
Title: Re: The Chicken or the Egg?
Post by: MiAmigo on January 11, 2005, 07:57:26 AM
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gizz72 wrote:
Greetings MiAmigo,

Here's a good place to start. Clickity click...
http://amiga.emugaming.com/chronology.html

Enjoy yourself. :-D

Regards,

Gizz72


'Chicken or egg', indeed! How come the machine name/numbers are so out of whack? I'm going back for more reading. Thanks for the link...
Title: Re: The Chicken or the Egg?
Post by: gizz72 on January 11, 2005, 08:16:39 AM
Title: Re: The Chicken or the Egg?
Post by: bloodline on January 11, 2005, 08:23:30 AM
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gizz72 wrote:
Greetings MiAmigo,

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How come the machine name/numbers are so out of whack?


Fine here. I use Aweb. Depends which  browser you're using. ;-)

Regards,

Gizz72


I think he's asking; what didn't it go: A500, A600, A1000, A1200, A1500, A2000, A3000, A4000.

In a word, marketing :-D
Title: Re: The Chicken or the Egg?
Post by: MiAmigo on January 11, 2005, 08:39:41 AM
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bloodline wrote:
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gizz72 wrote:
Greetings MiAmigo,

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How come the machine name/numbers are so out of whack?


Fine here. I use Aweb. Depends which  browser you're using. ;-)

Regards,

Gizz72


I think he's asking; what didn't it go: A500, A600, A1000, A1200, A1500, A2000, A3000, A4000.

In a word, marketing :-D
:getmad:


Marketing. Another area where venerable Commodore eventually started to lose it. Sad!
Title: Re: The Chicken or the Egg?
Post by: bloodline on January 11, 2005, 08:47:54 AM
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MiAmigo wrote:
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bloodline wrote:
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gizz72 wrote:
Greetings MiAmigo,

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How come the machine name/numbers are so out of whack?


Fine here. I use Aweb. Depends which  browser you're using. ;-)

Regards,

Gizz72


I think he's asking; what didn't it go: A500, A600, A1000, A1200, A1500, A2000, A3000, A4000.

In a word, marketing :-D
:getmad:


Marketing. Another area where venerable Commodore eventually started to lose it. Sad!


It makes more sense, when you treat the A1500, A2000, A3000 and the A4000 as a separate line of machines to the A500(+), A600 and the A1200.

The x000's were the high end machines for rich people the x00's were the low end machines for people like us.

The "Commodore Amiga" was the first and was retro activly named the A1000 with the Release of the A2000 and A500.

A1500 isn't a real model number, they were just rebadged A2000's for sale in the UK.

-Edit- Also note that the A600 was supped to be called the A300, and it still had A300 on it's motherboard.
Title: Re: The Chicken or the Egg?
Post by: MiAmigo on January 11, 2005, 09:43:16 AM

Very interesting, and confusing!
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bloodline wrote:
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MiAmigo wrote:
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bloodline wrote:
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gizz72 wrote:
Greetings MiAmigo,

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How come the machine name/numbers are so out of whack?


Fine here. I use Aweb. Depends which  browser you're using. ;-)

Regards,

Gizz72


I think he's asking; what didn't it go: A500, A600, A1000, A1200, A1500, A2000, A3000, A4000.

In a word, marketing :-D
:getmad:


Marketing. Another area where venerable Commodore eventually started to lose it. Sad!


It makes more sense, when you treat the A1500, A2000, A3000 and the A4000 as a separate line of machines to the A500(+), A600 and the A1200.

The x000's were the high end machines for rich people the x00's were the low end machines for people like us.

The "Commodore Amiga" was the first and was retro activly named the A1000 with the Release of the A2000 and A500.

A1500 isn't a real model number, they were just rebadged A2000's for sale in the UK.

-Edit- Also note that the A600 was supped to be called the A300, and it still had A300 on it's motherboard.