mel@wjvax.UUCP (Mel Tolentino) (02/14/90)
This is all hardware isn't it...?
I've summarized the following info from a local BBS and seems fairly reliable.
Further comments or info would be appreciated.
A3000 DEBUTS IN PARIS!!!!!!!!!
* 68030 16 or 25Mhz on the Motherboard (asynchronous)!
* 32 bit bus for memory and I/O (backward compatible with ZorroII)
* 50 Mb hard drive (don't know if SCSI)
* 2 megs Chip Ram!
* Flicker-Fixer included
* 1.4 ECS giving virtual screen 1280 x 485 pixels w/wo interlace.
* Smaller nicer case with PC slots and 4 Amiga expansion slots.
* Power switch on front, keyboard connector on side.
* Price unknown :-( !
I'm a little disappointed that newer graphic modes were not introduced but
feel the 32 bit bus plus asynchronous 68030 will make this one quick machine!
The BBS I got this from is JDR-BBS located in San Jose, Ca (408) 559-0253
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{{..!{hplabs,ucbvax,sun}!pyramid,..!decwrl!qubix}!wjvax!mel880274d@aucs.uucp (Ralph Doncaster) (02/18/90)
mel@wjvax.UUCP (Mel Tolentino) writes: [stuff deleted] > A3000 DEBUTS IN PARIS!!!!!!!!! [more stuff deleted] > * Flicker-Fixer included > * 1.4 ECS giving virtual screen 1280 x 485 pixels w/wo interlace. I can't understand what the reason would be for including a Flicker fixer, when the ECS has a 480 line, non interlaced mode, and on top of that, the flicker fixer is a 3rd party board, and unless Commodore bought the rights to it, I can't see them putting one in a 3000. >The BBS I got this from is JDR-BBS located in San Jose, Ca (408) 559-0253 Why woudn't we here this from Europe first? -- +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Ralph Doncaster Don't Steal - The Government hates competition. | |880274d@AcadiaU.CA 329 CHI, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS B0P 1X0 | |UUCP: {uunet|watmath|utai}!cs.dal.ca!aucs!880274d BITNET: 880274d@Acadia |
JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) (02/18/90)
In article <1634@wjvax.UUCP>, mel@wjvax.UUCP (Mel Tolentino) says: > * 1.4 ECS giving virtual screen 1280 x 485 pixels w/wo interlace. > >I'm a little disappointed that newer graphic modes were not introduced This isn't a newer graphics mode????????????? Last I heard, Amiga could do only 640 horizontal - 1280 sounds like quite a step up, although 485 vertical isn't anything to scream about. :-) JKT100 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- || Kurt Tappe (814) 862-8630 || "This town needs an enema." || || 600 E. Pollock Rd., #5705 || - Joker, "Batman" || || State College, PA 16801 --------------------------------------|| || jkt100@psuvm.bitnet or jkt100@psuvm.psu.edu || || or jkt100%psuvm.bitnet@psuvax1 QLink: KurtTappe || ----------------------------------------------------------------------
watters@penguin.cis.ohio-state.edu (david r watters) (02/18/90)
First, I don't really buy this post since CBM people are saying it is a rumor. BUT, Isn't the Productivity mode (1048x480?) something like 4 color. Isn't the flicker fixer 768x480 with 16 color. Couldn't you gain from having both? DW
roadman@portia.Stanford.EDU (arthur walker) (02/18/90)
In article <1990Feb17.182917.2198@aucs.uucp>, 880274d@aucs.uucp (Ralph Doncaster) writes: > mel@wjvax.UUCP (Mel Tolentino) writes: > [stuff deleted] > > A3000 DEBUTS IN PARIS!!!!!!!!! > [more stuff deleted] > >The BBS I got this from is JDR-BBS located in San Jose, Ca (408) 559-0253 > > Why woudn't we here this from Europe first? The amiga sysop, Bob Cosby, picked a devcon attendee sometimes known as the father of the amiga up at the airport. art walker roadman@portia.stanford.edu
chrisl@caen.engin.umich.edu (Chris Lang) (02/19/90)
In article <1990Feb17.182917.2198@aucs.uucp> 880274d@aucs.uucp (Ralph Doncaster) writes: >mel@wjvax.UUCP (Mel Tolentino) writes: >[stuff deleted] > >Why woudn't we here this from Europe first? It takes good old American ingenuity to come up with false reports like this. Simply amazing that the 3000 debuts with no announcement, no press release, half a dozen new "features", and we only hear about it from a BBS in California. Give me a minute and I'll announce the A4000 with the Mr. Fusion power pack... then we can all discuss THAT, too. (In other words, this is fairly obviously not the debut of the 3000. It is apparently the debut of a stand-up comic.) -Chris ---- Chris Lang University of Michigan, College of Engineering home: 4622 Bursley work: National Center for Manufacturing Sciences Ann Arbor, MI 48109 900 Victors Way, Suite 226 (313) 763-1832 Ann Arbor, MI 48108 chrisl@caen.engin.umich.edu (313) 995-0300 "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
rbabel@babylon.UUCP (Ralph Babel) (02/19/90)
Murphy's Law III, page 82: > Weatherwax's postulate: > > The degree to which you over-react to > information will be in inverse > proportion to its accuracy. Ralph ...!uunet!cbmvax!cbmehq!babylon!rbabel
valentin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Valentin Pepelea) (02/19/90)
In article <48b8e19f.db93@edsel.engin.umich.edu> chrisl@caen.UUCP (Chris Lang) writes: > >It takes good old American ingenuity to come up with false reports like this. >Simply amazing that the 3000 debuts with no announcement, no press release, >half a dozen new "features", and we only hear about it from a BBS in California. >Give me a minute and I'll announce the A4000 with the Mr. Fusion power pack... >then we can all discuss THAT, too. You asshole! You were not supposed to announce the A4000 yet! An you were not supposed to tell anyone that it will be powered by a cold fusion engine! Now the introduction of the A4000 in Siberia (really cold fusion!) is going to be a flop! Commodore is going to sue you for the $10,000 stipulated in the non- disclosure agreement you signed in Geneva! Valentin -- The Goddess of democracy? "The tyrants Name: Valentin Pepelea may distroy a statue, but they cannot Phone: (215) 431-9327 kill a god." UseNet: cbmvax!valentin@uunet.uu.net - Ancient Chinese Proverb Claimer: I not Commodore spokesman be
wayneck@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Wayne C Knapp) (02/19/90)
The reson why I didn't respond was I was disappointed. If all the A3000
a 2500 with a 68030 and enough of 1.4 working to use the slighty upgraded
versons of the new chips --- then I won't be saving up my pennines for it. As
for the ficker fixer part, I don't care, my eyes have become quite used to
flicker.
I really truely hope this so called A3000 is not the real thing.
Wayne Knapppselver@ssi3b1.zone1.com (Peter Selverstone) (02/20/90)
In article <77260@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> david r watters <watters@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes: >BUT, Isn't the Productivity mode (1048x480?) something like 4 color. Productivity mode has the same dimensions as the flicker fixer display; it just has fewer colors and slows down the machine. I sure can't wait until we have a chance to compete with a real product rather than hot air. >Isn't the flicker fixer 768x480 with 16 color. Couldn't you gain from having >both? Nominally 704 x 470, but it will handle 480 when intuition does. >DW -- Peter Selverstone ...{mit-eddie,pyramid,datacube}!mirror!ssi3b1!pselver Spy Pond Systems pselver@ssi3b1.zone1.com Arlington, MA BIX:pselverstone PLINK:pselverst CIS:72527,2652
chrisl@caen.engin.umich.edu (Chris Lang) (02/20/90)
In article <9718@cbmvax.commodore.com> valentin@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (Valentin Pepelea) writes: >You asshole! You were not supposed to announce the A4000 yet! An you were not >supposed to tell anyone that it will be powered by a cold fusion engine! Now >the introduction of the A4000 in Siberia (really cold fusion!) is going to be >a flop! Commodore is going to sue you for the $10,000 stipulated in the non- >disclosure agreement you signed in Geneva! > >Valentin I suppose now would not be a good time to talk about a loaner prototype, would it? No...probably not... -Chris