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From: tommcc@microsoft.UUCP (Tom McConnell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: More Commodore Details
Keywords: Amiga 3000 rumours
Message-ID: <8052@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 15 Oct 89 02:57:21 GMT
Reply-To: tommcc@microsoft.UUCP (Tom McConnell)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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I found the following article posted in the Puget Sound Computer User
newspaper.  I thought that some of you might be interested in the
"details" about the Amiga 3000.

Article follows:
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			MORE COMMODORE DETAILS

  London (NB) -More details of the much-rumoured Amiga A3000 are emerging
from Newsbytes' sources. The unit will, as expected, feature a 25MHz 
68030 microprocessor, along with a 68882 FFP running at other speeds up
to 33MHz.  The entry level machine-expected to be the only model launched
at Comdex Fall this November-will come with 4MB of 32-bit RAM, expandable
internally to 8MB. 

   Commodore will initially target the A3000 as a Unix workstation, so 
a large hard driver - 300 MB - is expected, as well as an optional tape
streamer.  Suprisingly, Newsbytes' sources suggest Commodore will
bundle the existing A1080 and A2024 monitors with the machine, rather than
develop a new unit.

   Internally, the A3000 will feature five 32-bit Zorro III slots, each 
of which will take 16-bit cards.  Externally, the A3000 comes in an AT
style 'tower' casing.

   Availabilty? Newsbytes' sources suggest mid to late-December '89 on both
sides of the Atlantic.  The machine will price in around the $7000 mark, 
and come with OS 1.4 and a virtual memory handler as standard.

   -Steve Gold, Newsbytes News Service
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In another article on Atari's new machines, the news service has the
following paragraph.

"Tramiel confirmed that plans call for a new range of ST machines. The
STE series will replace the existing ST family series by early next year.
The STE series will initially come in two configureations, the
1040 STE and the 4160 STE.
   As the names imply, the machines come with 1 and 4 MB of RAM and 
an enhanced palette (_4,096_ colors) stereo 8-bit digital sound and
analogue joystick ports as standard. "

	Sounds like ol' Sam and his gang have figured out that they can make
more money by buying up old A1000's and repackaging them as ST's!!! :-)
:-) ;-) :-)

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