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- Date: 28 Jan 1996 21:38:01 GMT
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- Speech by Petro Tyschtschenko at the Software Evening of Computer 95
-
- Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you very much for attending this software
- evening, it is nice to see so many people interested in developing software
- on the Amiga. Amiga Technologies began as a production company in May
- 1995.
-
- Its goal was then to ramp up the production of Amiga computers to bring
- them back onto the market. We have done it. Then, as soon as the products
- were available, Amiga Technologies evolved to a computer sales company to
- distribute its products world-wide. We had to meet the demand that has
- been waiting for more than one year. We have done it.
-
- Now, Amiga is turning into a true Computer manufacturer, we are finally
- building up our Research and Development team in Bensheim. We are hiring
- former Commodore engineers as well as new talented people to be able to
- respect the announced schedules for the Power Amiga. Lets do it!
-
- Ladies and Gentlemen, we want to show our commitment to the Amiga platform,
- not as a quick money maker for the Christmas season, but as one of the most
- important strategic challenges in the ESCOM group. Amiga shall become the
- best platform for Multimedia, 3D software, graphics processing, Internet
- and many more applications.
-
- The software market is always looking for powerful platforms. Especially
- 3D software needs great amounts of MIPS. This is going to be addressed
- first with the 060 board that we will market in early 96. Then, in 1st
- quarter 97, the Power PC 604 will replace the 060 in the new high-end
- model. Of course, the operating system will have to be ported to the new
- RISC-Processor. This will be done internally at Amiga Technologies by our
- R&D department.
-
- In the meantime, there will also be new products based on the A1200
- concept. We plan to present the A1200 + in May. This model will feature
- either the Coldfire processor from Motorola, or the 68030 at 40 MHz. SIMM
- sockets will be integrated directly on the motherboard to allow easy memory
- expansion. The A1200 + is scheduled for the CEBIT in March 96.
-
- Another product will be the black box. This is a set top box that will
- feature an enhanced A1200 core, along with all connectors needed for
- communication, printing, audio in and out and a remote control. It will
- have a HI-FI-like design that will be created by Frog design. The product
- will of course be equipped with a CD ROM drive and a floppy disk drive.
-
- We are also making an Internet package with all software needed to become
- an unbeatable surfer. These networking features are planned to be part of
- the OS in a near future. It will first be marketed as a complete package
- including modem and cables, with the software preinstalled on the
- harddrive. A plug and play solution.
-
- We also plan the Q-Drive to be available shortly after the fair. This quad
- speed CD ROM drive plugs into the PCMCIA connector and is provided with
- software to enable it to play CD 32 titles.
-
- Ladies and Gentlemen, as you can see, the Amiga family will become larger
- very soon. To welcome these products that will without doubt be very
- successful on the market, we want to encourage you to produce software for
- them.
-
- We now have a developer support set up and running. Let me tell you a few
- words about its organisation. There will be a secured section on the WEB
- server, only accessible to registered developers. The address of the WEB
- server is www.amiga.de
-
- We will have two types of developers:
-
- Non-commercial and commercial developers. To become a non-commercial
- developer, the candidate has to show an existing program or product, even
- public domain. The annual fee is 100 USD. For becoming a commercial
- developer, one has to provide proof of a commercial product, either
- completed or in advanced stage of development.
-
- The fee for becoming a commercial developer is 300 USD a year. Former
- registered Commodore developers will have to register again with Amiga
- Technologies. This is necessary for us because we do not have the complete
- Commodore developer database and also because an Amiga Technologies NDA has
- to be signed. All developers will also have access to the beta versions of
- the AMIGA OS for testing purposes, they will have access to development
- tools, to hardware documentation and to our restricted newsgroups.
-
- Developers will also have special purchase conditions on Amiga hardware.
- There will also be a periodical newsletter.
-
- The support for developers will be accessible from the Internet and through
- a closed network as in former Commodore times. If you have further
- questions about software support, you are welcome to ask after the session.
- We know that there are many people who are convinced that Amiga is the best
- system and those people believe in the Amiga platform as well as we do.
-
- This, Ladies and Gentlemen is very encouraging for us. I believe that most
- of the people attending here are Amiga enthusiastic and am glad to see such
- a strong commitment.
-
- There is one thing I would like to tell you: write software for the Amiga,
- Amiga will help you to do this.
-
- We managed to revive the Amiga hardware. Now it's to you, together with us,
- to revive its software. Negotiations with many software houses world-wide
- have started. Our common goal should be to strengthen the Amiga software
- platform for the future. Please take this message: Amiga is working
- tightly together with hardware companies to get new extensions, license our
- technology and create new exciting products.
-
- We are motivated by the success we had with our current models and look
- forward to bring you new products very soon.
-
- Thank you for your attention.
-
- Dr. Peter Kittel
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