a186@mindlink.UUCP (Harvey Taylor) (11/18/89)
In Msg <5232@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>,pa1158@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Viet Ho) writes: } } I was under the impression that Commodore was going to premeire } the A3000 at this week's Comdex. Well, I guess not. They showed } their A2630 68030 card. } Yeah, I have been looking for interesting news from there too. Alas. Did they only "show" the A2630 or did they release it? Did Comdex have _any_ redeeming Amigoid features? I can make another Amiga Unix sighting report. There was an A2620 with Sys V 3.2 running at the Pacific Rim Computers & Communication Show held here in Vancouver last week. Some guy from Toronto [Alex Cargill, bubbles out of the memory banks] was demoing it. I know that Sys V Rel. 4 is currently planned, but... <-Harvey "Abstract words are ancient coins whose concrete images in the give and take of talk have worn away with use." -Julian Jaynes Harvey Taylor Meta Media Productions uunet!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!Harvey_Taylor a186@mindlink.UUCP
pa1158@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Viet Ho) (11/18/89)
I was under the impression that
Commodore was going to premeire the A3000
at this week's Comdex. Well, I guess not.
They showed their A2630 68030 card. My
friends who went (had to stay here for
midterms:-( ) said, Commdore did a poor
showing compared to Atari, who had a flashy
booth demoing their laptop Atari, new 68030
Atari, with a new chipset. They also showed
some genlocking devices. My friend said they
showed sucky graphics---just Nagel work which
has not become the staple demo at those IBM
computer swap meets.
Oh wells, but CBM better get their image
straight at these shows. Where's my laptop
Amiga?
-Viet
vho@ucsd.eduportuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) (11/20/89)
>>>>> On 18 Nov 89 10:08:17 GMT, pa1158@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Viet Ho) said:
viet> I was under the impression that
viet> Commodore was going to premeire the A3000
viet> at this week's Comdex. Well, I guess not.
viet> They showed their A2630 68030 card. My
viet> friends who went (had to stay here for
viet> midterms:-( ) said, Commdore did a poor
viet> showing compared to Atari, who had a flashy
viet> booth demoing their laptop Atari, new 68030
viet> Atari, with a new chipset. They also showed
viet> some genlocking devices.
A working machine on my desktop is much better than vaporware promises
from a company which has a demonstrated track record for shafting its
customers. Commodore has been excellent in shipping the products it
announces, even if they arrive later than all of us would like.
viet> Oh wells, but CBM better get their image
viet> straight at these shows. Where's my laptop
viet> Amiga?
A laptop Amiga would be a dream come true for me. I would find some
sort of laptop box very useful, but I would rather not sink the money
into an MS-DOS box when I could do much, much more with a laptop
Amiga.
--M
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