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- From: Asha.Develder@209-245-5.genesplicer.org (Asha Develder)
- Date: 05 Mar 96 23:44:03
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Surfer Press Release
- Message-ID: <d17_9603061711@genesplicer.org>
- Organization: The GeneSplicer
-
- Got this in my mailbox this morning and thought y'all might be
- interested:
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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
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- 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.
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- 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
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- solutions like the Surfer possible. Also the excellent multitasking abilities
- of its OS makes the AMIGA the ideal multimedia and Internet machine.
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- 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.
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- The motherboard features two SIMM sockets, on which the memory can be =
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- The Power-PC project is also moving forward. Thanks to the close cooperatio= n
- 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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- Asha....Internet: 76703.4322@compuserve.com
- ...................Charter Member: Team AMIGA....................
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- * I laughed, I cried, I fell down,...
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