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Speech by Petro Tyschtschenko at the Software Evening of Computer 95
Köln (Cologne) 11.11.95
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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.
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