THE long-awaited Commodore CD-ROM drive still has no official launch date. Despite earlier hopes that it would be available by the end of May, Commodore now expect the A570 to be released no earlier than "around about juno". When asked the reason for the latest delay, a Commodore spokesperson said: "This is a very important product for us and CD-ROM entertainment Systems in général, so we want to make sure it is absolutely right first time." A570s on show at the European Computer Trade Show in April were running a variety of educational software, but had no DMA through port. Commodore still cannot confirm whether or not the unit will have such a feature when launched. IN response to criticism in the press and on bulletin boards that they are not as committed to the Amiga as they should be, Commodore's central office in the US have given unprecedented hints at their future plans for the range. Bill Sydnes, Vice Président (Engineering) recently went on record to shore up the confidence of developers and journalists in the Amiga's future. He said that "the majority of Commodore revenue comes from the Amiga and most of our research and development is devoted to enhancing the Amiga range." On the subject of future new machines (see our A2200 story), Mr Sydnes said: "We have plans to release a number of new Amigas later this year." He also emphasised the intense R+D work which is going on into the CDTV CD-ROM side of the Amiga. His most interesting comments, however, relate to the possibility of an entirely new chip set appearing soon. Commodore, he claims, are "continuing the R+D effort to improve the Amiga chip set" and are considering the possibility of bringing new technology to the Amiga in an effort to boost research and New products from First Choice FIRST Choice Computers of Leeds have released a range of new British made products for the Amiga. Inducted in the complété range are a keyboard-switch-able ROM sharer, a stereo sampler, drive booster to power extra floppies, and Midi interface. The ROM switcher is the first not to require a hardware switch, so users won't have to drill holes in their A500 casing, and there is also a Scart VCR switch box for those who want to use their monitor as a TV in conjunction with a domestic video player. Prices of the new Phoenix peripherals range from El 6.99 to E49.99 and First Choice can be contacted on 0532 311932.