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- From: "robert buonincontro" <robert.buonincontro@canrem.com>
- Subject: important new imagema
- Message-ID: <1992Nov8.4255.9874@dosgate>
- Reply-To: "robert buonincontro" <robert.buonincontro@canrem.com>
- Organization: Canada Remote Systems
- Distribution: comp
- Date: 8 Nov 92 14:06:14 EST
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- Tom Obszanski Writes,
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- T->I wasn't aware that Commodore had announced the A1200 yet, any details
- T->available? Obviously it's AGA-based, what about the processor, RAM,
- T->HD if any, expandability?
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- The A1200 will be officialy announced at Comdex for the North American
- Market. As I understand it, the A1200 is already shipping in Europe. There
- are several european magazines that have reviewed the A1200. One of the
- best reviews is in Amiga Shopper. They compare the A1200 to the Atari
- Falcon.
-
- The A1200 consists of the following;
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- Amiga 1200 (A600 style case with numeric keypad)
- 68020 CPU (14 mhz CPU with 32 bit bus unlike low end Macs 2.5mips rated)
- AGA Graphics (All resolutions are supported. Same as the A4000 specs)
- PCMIA Slot (Same Slot found in the A600)
- Trap Door (A 32 Bit Trap Door! for that extra ram or whatever)
- 2 Megs Ram (Expandable to 18 Megs Of ram)
- IDE Controller (Like the A600, add an internal HD!)
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- Price is 399 pounds!
-
- Before you are anyone go knocking off the 68020 chip. Lets compare some stats
- the A1200 gives better performance then a Mac Classic with an 030 or an LC
- due to the 32 bit bus. The Atari Falcon comes with an 68030 16mhz. The Falcon
- is rated at 3.5 mips and the A1200 is rated at 2.5 mips. Not that big of a
- difference is there. Shows that chips speed isn't everything unless you have
- a good design. It should be fairly inexpensive and easy to add a faster CPU
- to the A1200 since it's a 32 bit machine you won't have to add costly 32 bit
- ram for an accelerator.
-
- My only complaint about this system is the case. I really can't complain about
- this. The A500 has sold in the millins. The A1200 comes with a lot more and
- is pretty cheap compared to the price of the A600 and A500. I would like to see
- an Amiga 2000/3000 replacement. Maybe the could design an A2200 in an Amiga 3000
- case. This would also allow current A3000 users to switch motherboards since
- the case would be the same. I will probably pick up an A1200 while I wait for
- Commodore to release a 2000 replacement.
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- robert.buonincontro&canrem.com
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