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- Subject: Commodore Announces Availability of AmigaDOS Release 2.1
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- Date: 16 Dec 92 07:32:39 GMT
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- Commodore Announces the Availability of AmigaDOS Release 2.1
-
- (West Chester, PA --- December 14, 1992) --- Commodore Business
- Machines, Inc. (U.S.) today announced that it is now shipping AmigaDOS
- (TM) Release 2.1, an updated version of the Amiga's multitasking
- operating system.
-
- Among the new features of AmigaDOS Release 2.1 are CrossDOS, which
- provides for the reading and writing of MS-DOS (R) formatted files;
- localization of programs to different languages and locales; improvements
- to the versatile Preference Editors; enhancements to the printer drivers,
- including the addition of a Postscript (R) driver; and an improved
- multi-level installation program, allowing quicker and easier configuration
- or updating of Amiga (R) system software.
-
- Current Amiga owners using V2.0X of the operating system can purchase
- the AmigaDOS Release 2.1 Upgrade Kit for a Manufacturer's Suggested
- Retail Price (MSRP) of $49.00. The kit includes six software disks and a
- set of manuals. Systems with 1.3 or earlier versions will require the
- AmigaDOS Release 2.1 ROM and Software Upgrade Kit containing ROMs,
- six disks and the manual set for an MSRP of $99.00. This upgrade must
- be installed by an Authorized Commodore Service Center to maintain the
- Commodore Limited Warranty. Both of these upgrade kits can be
- purchased through Authorized Commodore Resellers. Users requiring only
- the software upgrade may elect to contact CommodoreExpress (TM) at
- 1-800-448-9987 to purchase the kit.
-
- Commodore (R) and CommodoreExpress are trademarks of Commodore
- Electronics Limited. Amiga (R) and AmigaDOS are trademarks of
- Commodore-Amiga, Inc. MS-DOS (R) is a trademark of Microsoft
- Corporation. Postscript (R) is a trademark of Adobe.
-
-
- Commodore Business Machines
- 1200 Wilson Drive
- West Chester, PA 19380
- (215) 431-9100
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