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- From: dmeyer@tiac.net (David Meyer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: WALKER: What the fu@k is it?
- Date: 2 Apr 1996 16:44:38 GMT
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- V'Ali (valley@engin.umich.edu) wrote:
- : OK. SO I've <snip> for a few weeks. Could someone please
- : explain to me what the WALKER is? Or is there a Faq about it. A few
- : short sentences would suffice.
- :
- Mr Walker is the alter ego of The Phantom, don't you know?
-
- Oh! The -Amiga- Walker.
- Walker, or Mind Walker, is the project code-name for a new Amiga due out
- fairly soon. Some Brit mags are having contests to suggest a -product-
- name - AT will not be using the traditional numeric designations.
- The design is an extensible "tower" - a couple of slots built in with the
- capability to add more (and extend the "tower" upwards in the process).
- Standard features will include internal FD, HD, and CD. Power is expected
- to be from a 40Mhz 68EC030, though the recently displayed working mock-up
- had a 25 Mhz unit. Other features include two par. ports, a (second?)
- high-speed ser. port (for those 28.8k-baud modems), and a decidedly
- unique case-design. My wife thinks it looks like the lid for a toilet
- seat, I think it looks like a (real) old-time table radio. Phallic symbol
- has also been mentioned - particularly for those "studs" with half a
- dozen internal cards (two extensions).
-
- Much more info, and a pic on the cover, with the next CU Amiga.
-