[comp.sys.amiga] Announcements from Hannover

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:

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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



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