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ROCKFORD-MAGAZIN 07 TEXTFILE 28.02.1994
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HARDWARE: HARD REPORT Teil 2
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Commodore Hardware Infos
------------------------
(Alles ueber die Amiga Geraete!)
TITLE: A1200 Preliminary Information
A1200 Product Overview
Introduction
The A1200 is the most significant
product Commodore has released since we
introduced the Amiga 500. The A1200 is
seen as the A500 of the 1990s. We should
view the A600 as the entry home
computer, and the A1200 as a power
machine for all home hobbyists.
Positioning
The A1200 is much more powerful than the
A500 or A600. It is the first keyboard-
integrated machine with the AA Chip set
and a 32-bit processor.
This will permit 256 colors from a
palette of 16.8 million, compared to the
A500 and A600's 32 colors from a palette
of 4096. This new Chip set also supports
an enhanced HAM mode allowing near
photo-realistic images in all
resolutions with up to 256,000 colors.
The new AA Chip set will support VGA
productivity screens (640 x 480, 256
colors) at refresh rates up to 72Hz. 600
x 800, 256 color screens are also
supported at 72Hz interlaced. Sprite
sizes have been increased from 16 bits
to 32 and 64 bits wide. Also, sprites
can be displayed in screen borders and
have resolutions independent of play
fields. The A1200 will come with 2
megabytes of chip RAM, thus chip RAM
expansion is not needed.
The A1200 is a true 32-bit system with
32-bit RAM and ROM using the 14 MHz
clock speed (2x A500/A600) 32bit 68E020
processor. This processor not only runs
at twice the speed of the A500/A600, but
also has a 256 byte instruction cache.
These capabilities enable the A1200 to
achieve performance that is up to 5
times that of the A500/A600.
The A1200 is packaged in the new A600-
style case, but is slightly larger to
include the addition of a numeric
keypad, as in the A500+. This package
also supports the addition of an
internal 2.5" IDE hard drive, as in the
A600.
The A1200 retains the PCMCIA card port
for memory and I/O expansion, but also
adds a 32-bit processor bus expansion
port accessible via a door on the bottom
of the unit. This port is similar to the
A500 expansion port, but is not
compatible. This port is enhanced to 32
bits and 14MHz operation. Cards/Adapters
can have access to the port allowing:
* Accelerator processors
* DSP processors
* SCSI adapters
* Fast RAM expansion
* Bridge cards
Boards added to the expansion bus can
have external cable connector access via
a rear panel knock out.
With the new package, AA chip set,
better expansion and high speed 32-bit
processor, the A1200 is a very exciting
and competitive product.
The new A1200s are shipped with Amiga
OS Release 3, a backward compatible
extension to the industry standard
Release 2, which provides full support
for new Chip set enhanced graphics, and
is "localized" or over 14 languages and
countries.
TITLE: A1200 Preliminary A1200
Preliminary Technical Information
Subject To Change Without Notice
Note: System Configuration may vary
betwee
AA Chip Set Feature Summary
The 32-bit wide data bus supports input
of 32-bit bitplane data and allows the
doubling of ssmemory bandwidth.
Additional doubling of bandwidth is
achieved by using Fast Page Mode RAM.
The same bandwidth enchancements are
available for sprites. Also, the maximum
number of bitplanes usable in all modes
has increased to eight.
The Color Palette has been expanded to
256 colors deep and 25 bits wide (8 Red,
8 Green, 8 blue, 1 Genlock). This
permits the display of 256 simultaneous
colors in all resolutions. A palette of
16,777,216 colors is available in all
resolutions.
A new register bit allows sprites to
appear in the screen border regions.
A bitplane mask field of 8 bits allows
an address offset into the color
palette. Two 4-bit mask fields do the
same for odd and even sprites.
In dual playfield modes, two 4-bitplane
playfields are now possible in all
resolutions.
Two extra high-order playfield scroll
bits allow seamless scrolling of up to
64 bit wide bitplanes in all
resolutions. Resolution of bitplane
scroll, display window, and horizontal
sprite position has been improved to
35ns in all resolutions.
A new 8 bitplane HAM mode has been
created, 6 for colors and 2 for control
bits. All HAM modes are available in all
resolutions.
Sprite resolution can be set to LORES,
HIRES, and SHRES independent of bitplane
resolution.
Attached sprites are now available in
all resolutions.
Hardware scan doubling support has been
added for bitplanes and sprites. This
is intended to allow 15KHz screens to be
intelligently displayed on a 31 Khz
monitor, sharing the display with 31 KHZ
screens.
Power Supply
Output Voltage Current (max)
+5V 3.0A
+12V 500mA
-12V 100sA
From Usenet, Sunday September 13, 1992
--------------------------------------
Newsgroups:
comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.
hardware Subject: CBM Discusses Future
Amigas Date: 13 Sep 92 16:18:33 GMT
Organization: Brock University, St.
Catharines Ontario
[Since much of the information in the
following post is of particular interest
to those involved in
graphics/multimedia, I have cross-posted
this message from c.s.a.misc. If you've
already ventured into c.s.a.misc or
c.s.a.advocacy, you've probably already
encountered it. Special thanks goes out
to Andrew Yew for providing a thorough
overview of the WOC events and
information sessions.]
--
Wow!
I just got back from the second day of
the World of Commodore show in Pasadena,
and today was definitely more impressive
than yesterday.
The definite highlight of today (even
over seeing Kiki Stockhammer in person
and various other celebrities :) was
Louis Eggebrecht's, VP (not president
like I said yesterday) of engineering,
keynote talk. The talk focused on the
engineering aspects of Commodore. There
are about a dozen groups in Commodore
that do the engineering. Among them are
the VLSI group (the largest, I think),
the systems group, the system
architecture group (Eggebrecht's thing),
CATS, the machining group -- Eggebrecht
mentioned that some toolings of plastic
parts took longer than the VLSI design
stage of the Amiga -- and the product
assurance group. All in all, they number
over 200 people. Anyway, on to the
interesting part of the talk. BTW, the
talk was presented on an Amiga 4000
with AVPro (AmigaVision 3.0), and the
speed of the display was pretty quick.
It looked like it was an 8-bit mode that
was fairly high-resolution.
Eggebrecht first talked about their
improved design facilities, about how
they could send their designs to be
manufactured elsewhere. He mentioned
names like HP and VLSI. For example, the
Lisa chip which replaces the Denise chip
in the AGA chipset is sourced from three
different places. He said that this has
several advantages, the new chips are
done in CMOS instead of NMOS, and
designs could be turned around and
tested faster. It seems that the only
thing they're using the CSG (Commodore
Semiconductor Group?) for now is for
making 6-micron parts for C-64's, which
are selling on the order of 700K/year in
Europe. That surprised me.
Eggebrecht, who worked at IBM as a
hardware guy before coming to Commodore,
presented the future hardware goals of
Commodore first. First off was the low-
end chipset. He said it would be 2 chips
with about 100K transistors. As a
comparison, the ECS uses 60K transistors
and the AGA uses 80K transistors. It
would address 32-bit DRAM and have a
57MHz pixel clock. It would be very much
ECS and AGA compatible. Eggebrecht said
that backwards compatibility was very
important for the low-end stuff. You
could have a 4MB floppy drive (he said
"four megaBIT", but I think he meant
byte), and the chipset would support 32-
bit processors. The memory bandwidth
would be 8x what it is now, and 72Hz
refresh rates are possible in some
modes. He said it would be "easy" to do
2x the blitter performance and a
800x600x8 bit 72 Hz modes (!). The low-
end chip set would support 16-bit
truecolor, meaning you could have 65536
colors at once, and a FIFO'ed serial
port would be part of it. The FIFO will
clear up a lot of present serial port
problems present now. Gee, I wouldn't
mind having the low-end stuff now :).
Now, Eggebrecht continued, let's talk
about the exciting stuff -- the high-end
chipset. The high-end chipset is made of
4 chips with a total of 750K to 1M
transistors. It could use either 32-bit
or 64-bit VRAM, giving it much
increased performance. It would have a
reprogrammable pixel clock of 57 to 114
MHz. The present pixel clock is 28MHz
(AGA, I assume). Let me go off on a
tangent here. Apparently, Commodore's
new philosophy on systems design is to
make subsystems clock-asynchronous, so
each part can be tuned to its most
optimal speed. The decoupling of the
graphics chipset from the processor
clock is one example. Future processors
will also have asynchronous clocks from
the rest of the system.
Anyway, going back to the new chipset,
it would also support chunky modes,
without losing its bitplane nature. It
would support CD-ROM in the form of some
kind of really fast serial line where
it could display video and play back
sound in realtime. It would have
framegrabbing builtin (frame rate
unknown), and screen promotion builtin.
It would have a 1Kx1K screen (I don't
know if this is the default or not). It
would also have 8 channels of 100KHz 16-
bit sound (sounds like overkill, no?).
Supporting all this would be on-demand
DMA -- I assume this means we aren't
tied to having certain DMA channels for
certain parts only. It would be
backwards compatible with the ECS and
AGA, although Eggebrecht didn't stress
it as much.
The performance of this chipset is 12-
20x current bandwidth. There will be a
32-bit blitter with 8x the performance
of the present one. The system is
capable of having 1 blitter for EVERY
bitplane! There will be 24-bit truecolor
(yeah, now where's my 48-bit color?).
There will be some kind of enhanced
decompression stuff builtin to handle
different data types. I presume he means
MPEG and JPEG. Let's see, what else? The
genlocking would be improved (no
specifics). The system is modular so you
can upgrade to later chipsets. The
default screen refresh is 72Hz with the
system capable of 100Hz. The processor
slot would be 32-bit and processor
independent. He mentioned RISC
processors, but said nothing more. Wow
is all I can say at this point. But, he
wasn't through yet.
Eggebrecht next went on to talk about
the upcoming product features. AGA will
be incorporated into all upcoming Amiga
products. All future Amiga computers
would be modular allowing you to add
stuff like RISC processors (he said it
again!). Commodore realizes that in the
past they've kind of stayed apart from
everyone else and haven't been keeping
up. No more of that now -- Commodore
will keep up with the industry, which
means, Eggebrecht says, they will
introduce 100MHz processors as soon as
they are out. Commodore "won't dilly-
dally" anymore. DSP support is coming.
32-bit SCSI-II is coming around Jan
1993, and may be incorporated into
future motherboards. CDTV is going to
merge with the Amiga line. We're going
to get full-motion video with MPEG. CDTV
itself is going to be cost-reduced and
enhanced. Eggebrecht stated in no
uncertain terms that Commodore still
thinks CDTV is one of its most important
projects. Software is going to be
upgraded to handle all this.
Speaking of software, Eggebrecht also
mentioned the new OS's that are going to
be coming out. He stated that both
compatibility and stability are their
two greatest goals. Retargetability is
also a major goal (he had about 5).
Specifically, release 3 has all of the
2.1 stuff plus AGA support and
multimedia support. 3.1 has API network
extensions. I asked Allen Havemose about
this, and he seemed to imply that the
2.0 TCP/IP software is not going to be
released but instead integrated into the
OS. 3.1 also will have file and printer
sharing, and DSP support. Release 4 will
be retargetable and have full Postscript
printer support. I asked Havemose about
resource tracking, and he said, "Not in
the next version", meaning 4.0, but he
said it will be in later. I'm somewhat
surprised at this and I hope I heard
wrong.
As to how far along these things are,
Eggebrecht says they're close to working
silicon, but would not give any dates
at all. He didn't say much about the OS
release dates. Eggebrecht and Jim
Dionne said in very certain terms that
the current Amigas (the 500, 2000, 3000)
cannot be upgraded to AGA. Eggebrecht
gave some technical reasons for it. They
include: surface mounting of chips to
reduce capacitance when the chips are
run at a high clock rate, 32-bit access
to memory, and the unsuitability of
current Chip RAM to be used. However,
Dionne said that "about a million"
people have already asked him about a
power-up deal, and there will probably
be one.
The question-and-answer session wasn't
as exciting as the talk because a whole
bunch of people started asking
irrelevent questions like, "Why isn't C=
promoting C-64's and C-128's in
schools?" "Is the C-64 and C-128 going
to be discontinued", etc, etc. It was
very annoying especially since we didn't
have much time to ask Real questions in
the first place.
So all I have to say is, way to go
Commodore! You guys are doing great
things and I hope things don't get
stopped as abruptly as they have been in
the past. I think I'll be thinking hard
about powering-up to an A4000 or
whatever new computer they come out
with.
--Andre (who isn't making any of
this up, really)
COMMODORE INTRODUCES THE AMIGA 4000
AT WORLD OF COMMODORE SHOW
(Pasadena, CA --- September 11, 1992)
--- Commodore Business Machines, Inc.
today introduced the Amiga (R) 4000, the
company's revolutionary new premier
multimedia computer. The Amiga 4000
marks the company's most significant new
technology advancement in its Amiga line
since the product's introduction in
1985. In addition to the Amiga 4000,
Commodore announced several other
significant product introductions
including the Amiga 600 and 600HD,
AmigaDOS TM Release 3 Operating System,
A570 CD-ROM Drive, and AmigaVision TM
Professional Authoring System.
James Dionne, President and General
Manager of Commodore Business Machines,
Inc., commented, "These product
announcements exemplify Commodore's
continued commitment to offer computers
with probably the best price/performance
ratios in the computer industry today.
We are confident that these products,
particularly the Amiga 4000, will keep
Commodore at the forefront of multimedia
technology and enable us to continue our
aggressive push in the multimedia
marketplace."
Amiga 4000
This powerful new machine features
Commodore's Advanced Graphics
Architecture TM custom co-processor chip
set that enables users to display and
animate graphics in multiple resolutions
at up to 256,000 colors from a palette
of 16.8 million. The new hardware
features are driven by AmigaDOS Release
3, the newest version of Commodore's
multitasking operating system, in
combination with the machine's main
processor, the Motorola (R) 68040. While
this new version of the operating system
takes advantage of the latest hardware
features, it also maintains backwards
compatibility with Amiga software not
written specifically for the Amiga 4000.
The Amiga 4000 will come standard with
a 120MB hard drive, 6MB of memory,
a dual speed high-density floppy drive,
and CrossDOS which enables users to
read and write to MS-DOS (R) formatted
floppy and hard drives. Other key
multimedia features include: a dedicated
slot for video devices; selectable NTSC
scan rate compatibility; four voice
dual-channel digital audio; up to 8
sprites, enabling high speed animations;
and full hardware video overscan. The
Manufacturer's Suggested List Price for
the Amiga 4000-040/120 is $3699.00.
AmigaDOS Release 3
The newest version of the Amiga
operating system adds several software
enhancements to the previous 2.04
operating system. Among the new features
are: CrossDOS, allowing access to MS-
DOS formatted floppy and hard drives; a
new Installer utility; and a Postscript
printer driver. Additionally, AmigaDOS
Release 3.0 offers full support for the
new Advanced Graphics Architecture chip
set featured in the Amiga 4000.
Amiga 600
The Amiga 600 is a powerful entry-level
computer with a small footprint and low
profile shape, making it very attractive
to the home computer buyer. The Amiga
600 and 600HD will come with AmigaDOS
2.XX and a selection of software
packages.
A570 CD-ROM Drive
The A570 is a high capacity read-only
storage device for the Amiga 500 series.
The A570 accepts standard 5" compact
discs in a CD caddy and plays all CDTV
(R), audio CD, CD+G, and CD+MIDI discs.
It can also read industry-standard ISO-
9660 CD-ROM discs.
AmigaVision Professional
AmigaVision Professional builds and
expands on the visual programming
environment used in earlier versions of
AmigaVision. The new features include
support for the CDTV player, speed and
memory improvements, and enhancements to
the authoring environment. In addition,
a freely redistributable runtime module
has been included, enabling flows
created in AmigaVision to be played back
without loading AmigaVision.
Commodore Business Machines, Inc., based
in West Chester, PA, is the U.S.
subsidiary of Commodore International.
The company manufactures and markets a
complete line of Amiga computers and
peripherals for the business, consumer,
education and government markets.
Commodore (R) and CDTV (R) are
trademarks of Commodore Electronics
Limited. Amiga (R), AmigaDOS,
AmigaVision, Bridgeboard and Advanced
Graphics Architecture are trademarks of
Commodore-Amiga, Inc. MS-DOS (R) is a
trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Motorola (R) is a trademark of Motorola
Inc.
###
TITLE: Press Release (2 of 6)
Amiga 4000 Technical Specifications
CPU:
- Motorola (R) 68040 series 32-bit
processor
- 25 Mhz clock speed
- Removable processor module
MEMORY:
- 2 MB 32-bit Chip RAM
- Up to 16 MB 32-bit Fast RAM
- Easily expandable via standard SIMM
units
- Additional standard RAM is supported
by the Amiga's proprietary
AUTOCONFIG (TM) capability
SOFTWARE:
- 512 KB 32-bit ROM
- AmigaDOS (TM) 3.0 Multitasking
Operating System
- Supports programmable resolutions
- Supports outline fonts
- Localized for multiple language/
countries
- CrossDOS MS-DOS (R) file transfer
utility
INTERFACES:
- Keyboard
- Mouse/Joystick/Lightpen/Tablet ports
(2)
- Serial (RS-232)
- Parallel (Centronics)
- Video (RGB analog or RGBI digital)
- Right and Left stereo audio
- Internal and External floppy disk
drive ports
- Internal AT IDE port. Optional SCSI
adapter
SYSTEM SLOTS:
- CPU slot (200-pin) supports
high-speed memory and advanced
processors
- Amiga system bus - Four 16/32-bit
Zorro III expansion slots (100-pin)
with AUTOCONFIG
- PC bus - Three PCAT T(M) slots
VIDEO SLOT:
- Extended 24-bit Video slot
- In line with standard 100-pin Zorro
slot for easy integration of Zorro
and video boards
Zorro III Slots
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1 [======][=====] [=============]
2 [======][=====] [=============]
3 [======][=====] [=============]
4 [==][========] [=============]
{CBM-@} {CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@} {CBM-@}
{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@} {CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}
1, 2, 3 = PC/AT Slots; 4 = Video Slot
How the Slots Work: If MS-DOS
compatibility is desired a Bridgeboard
may be placed in slot 1, 2 or 3. When a
Bridgeboard is installed, the empty PC
slots are capable of supporting a wide
variety of XT or AT-style boards. The
remaining Zorro III slots support both
24 & 32-bit Zorro boards.
KEYBOARD:
- Detachable
- 94 keys, including 10 function
keys
- Separate numeric keypad
- Separate cursor keys (inverted
"T" layout)
MOUSE:
- Opto-mechanical
- 2-button design
DISK DRIVES:
- Built-in 3.5-inch high density disk
drive (880 KB/1.76 MB formatted)
- Hard Drive models pre-formatted and
pre-loaded with system software
and utilities
- 2 rear and 2 front 3.5-inch drive
bays
- 1 front 5.25-inch drive bay
GRAPHIC MODES:
- AGA custom chipset produces
resolutions ranging from 320x200 to
1280x400 (more with overscan),
including 800x600
- NTSC and PAL video resolutions
- Color palette of 16.8 million colors
- 2 to 256,000 user-definable colors
displayable on screen
VIDEO DISPLAY OUTPUT:
- Works with RGB analog VGA or
multiscan monitors (not all modes
supported with non multiscan monitors)
- Horizontal scan rats 15 kHz - 31 kHz
- Vertical scan rates 50 Hz - 72 Hz
SOUND:
- Four channel stereo sound, capable of
reproducing complex waveforms
- 8-bit D/A converters
- 6-bit volume
DIMENSIONS:
- 15 1/4" deep x 15" wide x 5" high
WEIGHT:
- Approx. 20 pounds
POWER REQUIREMENTS:
- 110 volt/60Hz 150 watt power supply
A4000 CONFIGURATIONS:
A4000-040/120
- Amiga 4000 with Motorola 68040
Processor, 6 MB RAM, internal 3.5"
1.76 MB Floppy Drive and 120 MB IDE
Hard Drive
- 94-key Keyboard
- 2-button Mouse
- AmigaDOS Release 3.0 System Software
and Utilities
- Gold Service Warranty Package
AmigaDOS (TM) Release 2.1 System
Software Upgrade Technical
Specifications
NEW FEATURES:
- Dynamic Localization of Programs to
different languages and locales
- Includes CrossDOS for easy transfer
of MS-DOS (R) and Amiga (R) files
- Includes Postscript (R) Printer
Driver
- Supports Multiple Serial and Parallel
Printer Preferences
- New Preferences Editing
- Motorola (R) 68040 compatible
- Screen mode requester added for
selection of screen mode or video
mode
FONTS:
- Supports Agfa Compugraphic
Intellifont scalable typefaces
- Includes CG Times, CG Triumvirate and
LetterGothic typefaces
- Supports scaling of bitmap fonts
- Better control of font rendering for
Desktop Publishing applications
AREXX PROGRAMMING:
- Includes ARexx, a powerful inter-
process communication language
- Can be used to control applications
which support ARexx
- Allows the integration of different
applications that support ARexx into
a single environment
- Ability to launch applications from
within other applications
USER INTERFACE:
- Professional three-dimensional look
- Improved ease of use and consistency
- Extensively configurable through
Preferences Editors
- Standard file and font requesters
- Supports scrolling screens larger
than the monitor
- Select Locale/Country by clicking on
World Map
- Keyboard selection in Input
Preferences
WORKBENCH FEATURES:
- All files are accessible from the
Workbench
- Files are accessible by name or by
icon
- Drag selection of multiple icons
- Includes New Drawer command
- Easier cleanups and positioning of
icons
- Icons can be "left out" on the
Workbench backdrop for easier access
OTHER FEATURES:
- General purpose installer added with
installation activation of Keymaps,
Monitors, Printers and DOS Drivers
- Select keyboard from Preferences
Editor
- Printer Drivers for popular printers
added
- Spline animations on blanked screens
- Support for European monitors
- Enhanced reliability even under low
memory situations
- Faster and more reliable floppy disk
access
- Improved Icon Editor
SHELL ENHANCEMENTS:
- AmigaDOS commands are faster, more
powerful and require fewer
keystrokes
- New commands handle environment
variables and links
- Cut and Paste in shell windows
- Extended wildcard capabilities
- Backtick feature allows embedded
commands within commands
- Shell windows have a close gadget
- ARexx scripts can be run directly
from the Shell
ECS FEATURES:
Enhanced Chip Set Required
- 640x480 non-interlaced Productivity
Mode (requires 31 kHZ-capable
monitor)
- 1280x200 and 1280x400 Super-HiRes
Modes
- 800x600 requires Multisync
- New genlock features
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:
- Requires any 2.0X ROM-ready Amiga
500, 600, 2000 or 3000 series
computer
- Amiga 2500, A2620 or 2630 requires
rev-06 or greater ROMs on the
accelerator card
- ECS features require optional
Enhanced Chip Set
- Contact nearest Commodore reseller
for details and installation
ORDER INFORMATION:
AS215 AmigaDOS Release 2.1 Software
Upgrade includes:
- 6 disks
- 3-manual set
AS216 AmigaDOS Release 2.1 ROM and
Software Upgrade includes:
- 2.0X ROM
- 6 disks
- 3-manual set
Contact your Commodore reseller for
details. To locate a Commodore
reseller in the U.S.,
call 1-800-66-AMIGA; in Canada call
1-800-661-AMIGA.
Amiga 600 Technical Specifications
CPU:
- Motorola (R) 68000, 16/32 bit
- 7.16 Mhz NTSC
- Multi-Chip coprocessor system for
DMA, Video, Graphics and Sound
MEMORY:
- Expandable to 2MB Chip RAM
- Maximum RAM expansion 6MB with PCMCIA
SOFTWARE:
- 512KB ROM
- AmigaDOS (TM) Release 2 Multitasking
Operating System in ROM
- Workbench 2.X and Utilities software
KEYBOARD:
- Integral 78 Key International
MOUSE:
- Opto-mechanical
- 2-button design
DISK DRIVES:
- Built-in 3.5-inch 880 KB floppy disk
- External 3.5-inch floppy disk
- Internal IDE hard disk drive
(optional)
GRAPHIC MODES:
- Color palette of 4096 colors
- Selectable resolutions
- Supports full overscan
VIDEO DISPLAY OUTPUT:
- RGB analog 15 KHz Horizontal Scan
Rate
- Color Composite
- RF Modulated
SOUND:
- Four channel stereo sound
DIMENSIONS:
- 14" deep x 9.5" wide x 3" high
WEIGHT:
- Approx. 6 lbs.
POWER REQUIREMENTS:
- Switching power supply 23 watts
INTERFACES:
External:
- Floppy Disk (DB23)
- Mouse/Joystick/Lightpen (2 DB9)
- Serial (RS-232, PC-compatible)
- Parallel (Centronics -- PC-
compatible)
- Video RGB analog (DB23 15 KHz)
Color Composite (RCA)
RF Modulator (RCA)
- PCMCIA Card Slot
Internal:
- Internal AT IDE connector
A600 CONFIGURATIONS:
A600 P
- Amiga 600 with Motorola 68000
Processor, internal 3.5" 880K Floppy
Drive, 1 MB RAM
- Integral Keyboard
- Release 2.X Operating System and
Utilities
- 2-button Mouse
A600HD
- Amiga 600 with Motorola 68000
Processor, internal 3.5" 880K Floppy
Drive, 1 MB RAM
- Internal 40MB IDE Hard Drive
- Integral Keyboard
- Release 2.X Operating System and
Utilities
- 2-button Mouse
Amiga 570 External CD ROM Storage for
the Amiga 500
Technical Specifications
FEATURES:
- High Capacity, Read-only CD-ROM
- CDTV Compatibility
- 2MB Fast RAM expansion (internal)
- Rear expansion slot for plug-in
cartridges
OPERATING SYSTEM:
- ISO 9660 file system handler
- High-speed decompression for
graphics, audio, CD+Graphics and CD
Digital Audio
CD-ROM DRIVE SPECS:
- Data Transfer - Normal
: 153 KBytes/sec (Mode 1)
: 171 KBytes/sec (Mode 2)
- Average access time : 0.5s
- Maximum access time : 0.8s
- Soft read error : Less
than 1 in 10^9
- Hard read error : Less
than 1 in 10^12
- Seek error : Less
than 1 in 10^6
- Commands : CD-ROM,
CD-Audio, CD+G, CD+MIDI
- Standard supported :
ISO-9660
- Data Capacity : 540
MegaBytes (approx.)
- Mechanism : Protective
Disk Caddy Type
CD AUDIO SPECS:
- 8x oversampling
- Audio output :
External 2.0V p-p, 10K OHM
- Frequency response : 4-20
KHz
- Signal/Noise : -96db
- Channel Separation : -85db
- Harmonic Distortion : 0.02%
at 1 KHz
- Maximum audio capacity :
about 28 hours - AM quality
- Sample Rates :
variable from CD Audio rate (44
KHz)
- Dual 16-bit D/A converter plus 64
levels of attenuation
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Rear Panel:
- Power Supply Connector
- Power Switch
- Amiga Audio In (Left and Right)
- CDTV Audio Out (Left and Right)
Front Panel:
- Stereo Headphone Jack
- Compatibility Switch
- Power-On Pilot LED
- Drive Activity LED
- Disc Loading Slot
Dimensions:
- Approx. 256 x 180 x 68 mm
Weight:
- Approx. 6 pounds
POWER REQUIREMENTS:
- 110 volt/60Hz from external supply
AmigaVision Professional specs
CDTV (R) SUPPORT FEATURES
- Playback of CD-XL Motion Video Files
- Plays CD Digital Audio tracks
- Cursor and Jumping Highlight Modes
- Reads CDTV IR Controller
- Full Support for CDTV Preferences
- Control MIDI out files to MIDI or
Amiga
VIDEO CONTROL FEATURES:
- Supports full-motion video
- Supports Genlocks
- On-screen videodisc controller
- Video setup and configuration
- Supports Sony, Pioneer and Phillips
laserdisc players, NEC PC-VCR,
Panasonic TQ3032F, Sony Umatic 9 Tape
Players
- Supports drivers for custom players
USER INTERFACE:
- Primary Interface(s)
Direct Manipulation of Icons
Requester Boxes
- Presentation in flowchart format
- User input from keyboard, mouse,
joystick or touchscreen
- Auto-open and reduced-size icons
GRAPHICS & ANIMATION:
- Combines Text and Graphics on screen
- Uses Amiga standard IFF ILBM files as
foreground and background
- Simultaneous playback of Animation
and Audio
- 34 Transitions with 4 speeds
17 palette/resolution independent
- Visual Display Elements: Graphics,
Text, Animation, Video
SOUND:
- Supports Amiga Stereo Audio
- Supports Amiga standard SMUS files
with tempo, dynamics and chord
support
- Digitized sound in standard 8SVX
format
- Speech synthesis and text-to-speech
conversion
- Pre-loading of audio and streamed-in
animation and sound for increased
display and playback speed
- Audio Display Elements: Digitized
Sound, Music, Speech Synthesis
DATABASE:
- Integrated into AmigaVision
- dBase III (R) data file compatible
- up to 10 files open simultaneously
- Read and Update functions
- Variable definition and manipulation
- Define data input forms
- String, numeric, data and Boolean
operations
VISUAL PROGRAMMING:
- Features:
Flow Control Subroutines
Interrupts AV Engine
Libraries of Events Object Editor
Conditional Statements
- Unlimited Number of Hit Boxes/Buttons
per Screen
- Unlimited Text Windows
- Hypertext Browsing
- Runs external programs via ARexx
- Chaining of programs
- Selectable memory constraints
- Create runtime modules
- Relocate applications
- Name, Position and Move objects
including animation brushes
- Define Paths and Traversal Options
RUNTIME PLAYER:
- Includes freely distributable Runtime
Player
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum Delivery System: Amiga
computer with 2 MB RAM
- Suggested Development System: Amiga
Computer with Hard Drive and 4
MB RAM
- Runtime Player Requires approx.
270KB, 1 MB RAM recommended
AMIGAVISION PROFESSIONAL (PN: AS251)
INCLUDES:
- Program Disk
- Install Disk with printer and video
drivers
- Demo Disk with Guided Tour booklet
- Examples Disk
- User's Guide
- Runtime Player
- Requires AmigaDOS (TM) 1.3 or higher
The configurations and prices of the
systems discussed in the previous
six releases are for the U.S.A. only.
Configurations and prices will
vary in other countries.
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