I would have to disagree that they are planning on making a profit. Hoping to make back their investment of time and money is more like it and trying to minimize the amount of their loss is most likely.

The investment to create this custom computer has been large and the number of sales might be very small. So small that A-Eon may not even come close to recouping their investment capital. We will just have to wait and see how many pay to beta test it and how well it sells to the Amiga public after the beta test program is over.

I hate to be a pessimist but given the facts, it doesn't look good for making any profit.