Zac67 wrote:
The 1000 was renamed just that only after the 500 and 2000 were announced.
I'd guess they positioned the '1000' as a base number to start from (with '100' offering too little options and not showing enough distinction from '64' and '128'). So they could use lower numbers (1000/2) for low end and higher numbers (1000*2) for high end machines. From that they counted up in hundreds and thousands with the 1200 hanging somewhere in between - low end target with higher performance than the older 1/2000.
I have never heard that the A1000 was not always an A1000. Where did you see this information about it not becoming an A1000 until after the A500 and A2000 were announced? What model was it before the A500 & A2000? The label under all of my 3 A1000's have FCC ID numbers that end in -1000 and under that where it says "Model No." it is followed by the number 1000. So, I would think that the first commercial Amiga model has always been an A1000.
