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From: akcs.zl1ip@oneb (Jon Wiggens)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Amiga 3000
Message-ID: <26605ae0-9comp.sys.amiga@oneb>
Date: 28 May 90 05:30:03 GMT
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It's finally here. The Commodore Amiga 3000, the latest edition to
Commodore's finest family of computers.

The new machine has many impressive features, the best of which ( as usual
for Commodore ) is it's price. At $3495 for the 16MHz model and $3995 for
the 25MHz model, this fabulous machine is a steal. A machine of comparable
ability, such as the Mac IIci is about $3000 more.

The two models are the 3000/16, a 68030/68881-based machine running at 16MHz
and the 3000/25, a 68030/68882 machine running at 25MHz. Obviously, the only
difference in the two machs clocks and coprocessors.

This is the first Amiga of 32-bit architecture, all the internal pathways
are 32 bits wide and use processor's clock. Perhaps the biggest advancement
in this new model over the 500 and the 2000/2500 is the enhanced version of
the custom chip set the defines the Amiga line. This is going to eliminate
that annoying flicker in high resolution modes by using a de-
interlacing/scan doubling capability, which takes interlaced high-resolution
screens and outputs them with flicker to a 31.5-kHz VGA monitor. ( Commodore
is also putting out a new 1950 VGA compatible monitor, but it will work with
any VGA-compatible monitor on the market ).

What seemed to make the Amiga look very unprofessional was it's Workbench
environment. All one would see was a four-color 640- by 200-pixel screen
with visible scan lines between each row of pixels. The Amiga 3000 is going
to use version 2.0, in which Commodore has improved both the look and
functionality of the of the interface by upgrading or rewriting most of the
underlying system software.

The Commodore Amiga 3000 is an extremely impressive piece of machinery and
Commodore is going to be backing it up with strong support. They are, in
fact, going to be porting Unix System 4.0 to the Amiga. Even with the
additional cost of the operating system, it will still provide an
inexpensive yet powerful, Unix workstation.

If anybody has had the pleasure of trying Commodore's new beast, please make
your opinions heard. I am looking forward to hearing if it is all it is