As many of you may already know or haven't recognized yet, the Amiga 3000 is out on the mass market scene! There is currently three different versions of the computer:
A3000-16/40 - This is the Amiga 3000 with a 16-MHZ 68030/68881
configuration, two megs of memory (1-meg chip RAM
and 1-meg fast RAM), and a 40 megabyte hard drive!
This is for the low end user who wants a powerful
machine but doesn't need the fast speed. The
cost of the machine in America runs around $3299.
A3000-25/40 - This is the Amiga 3000 with a 25-MHZ 68030/68882
configuration. The other features are same as the
16-MHZ model. This model is for the power user who
needs this speed for animations, high-end graphics
with 16.7 million color palettes and 1024*768
resolutions. This is truly the Amiga image in the
1990s (except for the 68040 card rumored for this
XMas). The cost for this machine in America runs
around the cost of $3999.
A3000-25/100- This is the Amiga 3000-25/40 model but with 100
megabytes of hard drive storage. This seems to be
more for the business people who need lots of
storage for word processing, graphics, animations,
spreadsheets, etc. Look for it to be priced around
the cost of $4499 in America.
All of the Amigas will have an internal 3.5" floppy drive and built in SCSI interface, flicker-free video output, a built in multisync VGA monitor interface, a stereo output with audio jacks, and AmigaDOS V2.0.
As always, Commodore announced some nice products for the consumer and business professional who wants more out of a powerful computer like the Amiga without the costly "Macintosh" price tag:
AmigaVision authoring software (similiar to the CANDO
software).
Networking products providing connectivity with Arcnet,
Novell(r) Netware, EtherNet, TCP/IP and NFS standards.
Supported also are DecNet, X-windows, and Peer-to-Peer
networking (UK-based Hydra systems) all for the Amiga.
New monitors like the A2024 hi-resolution monochrome
monitor and the A1950 color multiscan monitor which
needs the A10 Stereo speakers for excellent stereo
sound.
Amiga CD ROM drives for those professionals and
consumers who need access this software base. Commodore
is seriously looking more into this market as well as
fully supporting it.
Current reports have announced that the Amiga 3000 should start shipping officially in July 1990.
Commodore has announced that the AmigaDOS V2.0, recently V1.4, should be due out for the A2000 in September 1990. The V2.0 enhancer kit for the A500 series machines should come out around early November-December 1990.
The North American Developers Conference will be held in Atlanta, Georgia on June 27-30, 1990. This DevCon will show off all the new products now available for the Amiga - V2.0 of the operating system, the introduction of "AmigaVision", and new projects for the forthcoming year. Seems like Commodore's "vaporware" is finally making an appearance after all.
Fully supported machines of Commodore are now the A3000, A2500/30, A2000HD, A2000, A500, Select Edition (MSDOS) series, Professional III (MSDOS) series.
-----------------------------------------------------------------"Commodore Express" is a new plan between Commodore USA and Federal Express for fast door-to-door service to A500 users.
This service provides free pick up and delivery service for
those users who bought an Amiga 500 after Jan 1990 and also
