Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 22:29:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Joshua Galun To: hrlaser@netcom.com Subject: IRC conference info! Not the greatest prose ever, perhaps, but the best I could do in 3 minutes for you. Enjoy! May 30 - Frankfurt, Germany Today Escom AG announced its plans for the Amiga line of personal computers to the world in a press conference in Frankfurt, Germany. The press conference was well attended by over 70 reporters from assorted newspapers and magazines, including 2 reporters from Amiga Link Magazine, Mathias Frankenbach and Joerg Gutzke. After the press conference, Mathis came onto IRC and Amiga Link Magazine held a press conference to report on what happened. Although the full edited log of the IRC conference will be in Amiga Link #5, and the transcript to the conference will be released by Amiga Link later as well, this is the gist of what happened. Escom announced that they will have Amigas before the Christmas season, probably by September or October. In their first run they plan to make 15,000 A4000/040s, 10,000 A4000/060s (using the Ohase 5 Cyberstorm 060 card), 120,000-130,000 A1200s (which will be upgraded to the 030EC) and CD32s (no numbers announced). They also plan to make a new box for the A4000, which was shown at the press conference, and do a redisign of the CD32 in 1996, so that it can compete with the new games consoles coming out. Escom also said that they will make an Amiga t-shirt (no joke) to allow Amiga users to show their support. Escom is planning on making Pentium PCs with the C= name on it. Escom said that every Amiga sold will come with Scala MM 300, the multimedia authoring system, which is another sign that the Amiga will be marketed as a multimedia machine. They also said that they will be porting the Amiga OS to RISC, although they have not yet deicded on which chip to use. On the bad side of the news, Escom did not announce any concrete plans for marketing the Amiga, and they didn't announce their distributors outside of Europe, if they even have any. The Amiga Technologies company will also only start with 50 employees. The Amiga Technology Company will have a turnover of 100,000,000 deutch marks a year, and will break even by the end of this year. Escom is looking to set up a factory in Europe to match their existing one in China. Read Amiga Link Magazine #5 for a more complete report, as their is much that I have missed. This text file is freely distributable on BBS or online service or Internet, but may not be used by any magazine, newsletter, or other publication, without the express written consent of Joshua Galun. Joshua Galun Editor of Amiga Link Magazine /// Joshua Galun /// /// Editor in Chief of Amiga Link Magazine /// \\\/// "Your source for the latest Amiga news and Reviews!" \\\/// \\\/ Huge fan of, JRR Tolkien, the Amiga, Green Day, \\\/ and The Simpsons!