> I don't remember the exact number of Tabor A1222 boards was supposed to
> have already been produced, [...] but IIRC, the number was 500, to 1,000.

It was 1000 for the Tabor (and 500 for the CyrusPlus).

> It might have been that Trevor and A-Eon got a big discount on buying the CPU,
> if he ordered 1,000 chips initially

Incidentally, 1000 was Freescale's minimum order quantity for the P1022. I don't know whether A-Eon purchased directly from Freescale or from a chip broker (who also offer lower quantities), though.