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From: jep@mtiame.oz (Jesper Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Super Chip Set
Message-ID: <291@mtiame.oz>
Date: 27 Sep 90 02:52:02 GMT
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In article <1990Sep18.014227.381@darwin.ntu.edu.au> caldwell_t@darwin.ntu.edu.au writes:
>Ok here are my ponderings on the matter of WE_WANT_24BIT ect.
>
>I could well be wrong, but I think that C= are probably working on some 
>kind of 24 bit board.  I don't think that it will be far off either.  Maybe 
>in about 6 months.
>
>The reason I think this is that C= are saying nothing about 24 bit boards 
>ect.  They are not saying that it would be too hard, too high end or 
>anything else.  They arn't responding to any amount of askings.

There is currently a UNIX exhibition here in Melbourne (AUUG conference).
Commodore is there with a 3000UX with a U-Lowell board and a NEC XL
Multisync monitor (veeery nice). Two american dudes were demoing the unit.
I ask if that is the UL board. "Yes" I'm told. "Does it come with the
3000UX" I ask. "It will be an option" I'm told. One {Henry,Harry} Rubin
was there during the conversation, apparenlty he is Chief Opering Officer
or some such at Commodore International. I'm going back to the exhibit today
to fill in the blanks.

The 3000UX had a 200M drive and a tape in a cigar-box, but otherwise
looked like a standard 3000. Open Look was nice, though not blindingly 
fast. They were using X11R3 (no shape extension), I was told there would
be speed improvements with X11R4 (I know this to be true from personal
experience).  Pricing was not confirmed but would be AUS$7000-8000 with
the above configuration and a UL board !!!! (I'll be triple checking
this figure fer shure). A standard 3000 (25/40) seems to be priced in
stores at about AUS$6400, so do your own currancy conversion.

Jesper.
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