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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: New slot box Amiga
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Date: 6 Mar 1996 18:46:25 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
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- George Noel (gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) wrote:
- : It was announced the production of the A1200+/A1300 was cancelled and
- : that it was contracted out to be redesigned. My question is, is this
- : machine really going to be the A1300 or has the new lowend Amiga been
- : cancelled altogether?
-
- Here are some details from the AT web site:
-
- (Sounds like some good news to me, less so depending on the price it gets sold
- at.)
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
-
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- AMIGA Technologies GmbH with ESCOM at the CeBIT 96
-
- Amiga Surfer, new AMIGA Prototype, Information about the PowerPC Project
-
- For the first time in over two years, AMIGA computers will be presented
- again officially by the manufacturer at the largest computer fair in the
- world: The CeBIT. From 14th to 20th of March, AMIGA Technologies GmbH will
- be represented on the ESCOM booth in hall 11 with new products. AMIGA
- computers will also be seen on the Microvitec and Motorola booths.
-
- The AMIGA-Surfer, a complete Internet computer with software, modem,
- connection and free hours is now available at a price of 1199 DM. The
- Surfer can be connected to a TV set or to a standard VGA monitor. The
- solution is based on the AMIGA 1200 with a 260 MB harddrive, 2 MB of RAM
- and a 14,400 bps modem. Thanks to its resource-saving features, the highly
- optimized AMIGA-OS makes cost-effective solutions like the Surfer possible.
- Also the excellent multitasking abilities of its OS makes the AMIGA the ideal
- multimedia and Internet machine.
-
- A prototype of the new AMIGA will be shown for the first time worldwide at
- the CeBIT fair in Hannover, Germany. AMIGA Technologies GmbH will hereby
- expand the AMIGA product line for the advanced home user and the
- semi-professional market. Modularity, futuristic design and expansion
- capability are the main edges of the new product.
-
- The motherboard features two SIMM sockets, on which the memory can be
- increased up to 128 MB. This AMIGA comes standard with a quad-speed
- CD-ROM drive. The main processor used will be the 680EC30 / 40
- MHz. This combination allows a product at a tight price with a good
- computing power. With the available flexible expansion bus, turbo cards
- with processors like the 68060 or the PowerPC will be easily
- installable.
-
- This expansion bus can also be used with graphics cards, multi-serial cards,
- MPEG cards etc. The modular concept makes the addition of further slots
- possible, so that the user can define how many expansion slots he will have in
- his machine. This way, the basic machine can be turned into a tower. This
- design concept will be the base of the coming AMIGA Generation.
-
- [Ed: Sounds cool]
-
- The new AMIGA will be shipped with a revisited version 3.2 of the AMIGA-OS.
- New features and many enhancements will give the system more power and
- flexibility.
-
- The PowerPC project is also moving forward. Thanks to the close cooperation
- with Motorola and Phase 5, the porting of the AMIGA-OS will be achieved
- within the announced schedule. The first Power AMIGA will be available
- early in 1997, as planned. Until then, it is also foreseeable that Phase 5
- will release the first PowerPC cards for existing AMIGAs. The development
- of the OS is led by former top AMIGA engineers.
-
- Info: Gilles Bourdin / Public Relations
- AMIGA Technologies - Berliner Ring 89 - D-64625 Bensheim
- Tel +49 6252 709 195 - Fax +49 6252 709 520
- email gbo@amiga.de
-
- Copyright 1996 by AMIGA Technologies GmbH - Editor: Dr. Peter Kittel
- Send comments to webmaster@AMIGA.de - Date: 06.03.96
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