hrlaser@pnet02.cts.com (Harv Laser) (03/19/88)
(cross posted from a notice on People/Link's AmigaZone) Extracted from a posting on "another network" by Lauren Brown of Commodore, regarding CEBIT this week in Hannover Germany: ------------------------ Mr. Gould announced the redesign of the PC line, and the further develop- ment of the Amiga computer family. Plans for the Amiga 2500 and Amiga 3000 were discussed. Mr. Gould STRESSED "the A2000 will remain compatible with all new attributes of new Amiga products". Details of new products are: AMIGA 2500AT will have the following specifications: 68020/68881 286 Bridgeboard 40 MG Autoboot harddrive AMIGA 2500UX will be equipped with 68020/68881 Autoboot Hardrive (with option of 100 MG harddrive) Unix 5.3 compatible operating system The Unix included with the A2500UX is a proprietary high performance windowing user shell. Also optional for the A2500UX will be a tapestream storage device. It was also announced that Commodore is continuing work on the Amiga 3000, which will be based on Motorola's 68030 chip. Some of the attributes of this machine include networking capabilities and multiple mass storage devices of up to 2.2 gigabytes. Release of the A3000 is slated for calendar year 1989. Other new products also shown at the Commodore booth include: A2620 68020/68881/68851 coprocessor for the A2000 with 2-4 MG RAM A2024 High Resolution Gray Scale Amiga Monitor A2300 Amiga 2000 Genlock A2286 80286 based Amiga bridgeboard Transputer project Harv Laser, Sysop, The People/Link AmigaZone. Plink: CBM*HARV UUCP: {ihnp4!scgvaxd!cadovax, rutgers!marque}!gryphon!pnet02!hrlaser INET: hrlaser@pnet02.cts.com