perry@atux01.UUCP (Perry S. Kivolowitz) (07/11/87)
Aubrey Sparkman sent me some mail asking for a product update on some of the things we have coming out in the future. This message contains this information but some people may not wish to read it as it can be considered commercial in nature (while other people will view is as useful information). Hit ``n'' if you don't want to be troubled with this message. *** 2000-and-1 Summary: Design Final, Will Show in October The 2000-and-1 design has been finalized. There will be: 2 Zorro I slots 1 Co-Processor slot 5 Zorro II slots 3 IBM-PC slots 2 3.5 inch drive bays 1 5.25 inch drive bay We will show premier the product at AmiExpo in New York in October. *** SDP Summary: Begin Shipping in September, Autoboot, Fast, Zorro I The SDP will be out in Zorro I (A1000) format first. Zorro II will follow. Dave corrected me recently by telling me that the SDP will not max out at controlling 7 SCSI drives. Rather it has the potential to control 56 SCSI drives. Then there's the two ST506 drives of course. The board will fully support CBM's autoboot protocol though initial software won't. The first shipment of SDPs will go out around the end of September though these are all spoken for. And we are aiming at 400,000 bytes/second before we're through. *** Ram Card Summary: 2M and 8M special deal. 2MI out. 8MI soon. The 2M and 8M are being shipped (until August 1st) with a free Mini-Rack-C (or $100 off if you don't want a C). The Mini-Rack-Buy-Back is over. The 8M is working great in the turbo amiga. The 2MI is out for the 2000. The 8MI will be out soon. The 2MI will be tested in the Turbo Tower this com- ing week. *** FaccII Summary: Beta Testing Going Well, Be Out In 7 Weeks or so You've seen messages on this before - summary says it all.