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- From: j_plewka@people-s.people.de (Joern Plewka)
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
- Date: 09 Mar 1996 14:02:00 +0100
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- hywel@mozart.inet.co.th (Hywel Phillips) -> "New Press Release!"
- (05.03.1996)
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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
- >
- > solutions like the Surfer possible. Also the excellent multitasking
- > abilities of its OS makes the AMIGA the ideal multimedia and Internet
- > machine.
-
- The price is still a little high for the pure internat-package, IMHO.
- It was announced for $70 or less if I remember correctly.
-
- > 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.
-
- > 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,
- Sounds like a PCI-bridge...
-
- > 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.
- What type of expansionbus will it be located in this type of machine, it
- should be PCI for future compatibility... anybody knows?
-
- > 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.
- Oh, the virtual machine part is ready now? ;-).
- It`s a nice sentence with many words but no meaning, IMO;-(
-
- > 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.
- Will it be a HRP/PPCP, or not?
- I visited my TI&ME page yesterday...prices for TMS320c80 dropped and a
- lowcost-version with 2DSPs was done. Ok, they work close to motorola...
- what about a 56k or 98k:-)).
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