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- Subject: New Press Release!
- Date: 5 Mar 1996 23:23:54 +0700
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- AMIGA Technologies GmbH
- with ESCOM at the CEBIT.
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- Amiga Surfer, new AMIGA Prototype,
- Informations about the Power-PC Project
-
- For the first time in over two years, AMIGA computers will be presented
- againofficially 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. 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 graphic-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.
-
- 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 Power-PC 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 Power PC cards for existing AMIGAs. The development
- of the OS is led by former top-AMIGA-engineers.
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- Info: Gilles Bourdin - AMIGA Technologies - Berliner Ring 89 - D-64625
- BENSHEIM Tel +49 6252 709 195 - Fax +49 6252 709 520 email gbo@amiga.de
- -HTTP://www.amiga.de
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