kzyx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (06/23/91)
June 30th is just around the corner, and with it the end of the Power-Up Program (at least, in the US). What's next?... * Will the A3000T be finally announced in the U.S.? * 2.0 roms ready for shippment? * Amiga Unix available as an individual item? * ROM disk drive for A2000 - A3000 ? * 68040 daughter board announced ? (A3000) * OS upgrade with parallel processing capability ? (especially A3000) * 386 bridgeboard available? * Will a new Amiga with a revised chip set (esp. Denise) be announced? * OS upgrade with built-in networking capability? * Price cut on the entire Amiga line? * New Educational Price list? * You name it .... Just an inquiring mind.... Edval Santos
don@chopin.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd) (06/24/91)
In article <1991Jun23.152037.5672@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> kzyx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes: > June 30th is just around the corner, and with it the end of the >Power-Up Program (at least, in the US). More importantly, July 1st is just around the corner. The beginning of the new fiscal year. > What's next?... Well, I can't really say for sure, but based on rumors, ramblings, and wild guesses, I'd predict that we'll see the following in the first quarter: > * 2.0 roms ready for shippment? > > * Amiga Unix available as an individual item? > > * 68040 daughter board announced ? (A3000) Probably from CBM & at least 2 3rd parties, if they can get the chips. > > * Price cut on the entire Amiga line? BTW, the 2500 recently had its price cut substantially (sorry, don't know exact #s) > > * New Educational Price list? As far as some of your other questions/ideas: > * Will the A3000T be finally announced in the U.S.? Not yet; maybe 2nd quarter or early 3rd, I'd say. The magazines (esp. AmigaWorld) really jumped the gun in talking about it while it was really only in early prototype stages. > * ROM disk drive for A2000 - A3000 ? You mean like a battery-backed RAM disk? I doubt from CBM, but maybe from 3rd parties (I think there's already one available). > * OS upgrade with parallel processing capability ? (especially A3000) Wouldn't hold my breath on this one, but then I could be wrong. I think CBM would be better off working harder on more device independence so a move could eventually be made to RISC processors. > * 386 bridgeboard available? Dunno about a 386; SX seems more likely, to replace the 2286. The 2088 will probably die soon. > * Will a new Amiga with a revised chip set (esp. Denise) be announced? I believe James Dionne at World of Amiga hinted at next summer for this kind of change to start being talked about in an official way. > * OS upgrade with built-in networking capability? In what way? Maybe a net.device or some such thing for mounting network devices as local devices (TCP/IP already does this & much more). Note that none of the above predictions are based on any kind of inside knowledge, so don't base buying decisions on them :-). -- Gibberish May the Publications Editor, AmigaNetwork is spoken fork() be Amiga Student On-Campus Consultant, U of D here. with you. DISCLAIMER: It's all YOUR fault.