Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!mailer.cc.fsu.edu!stat!gauss!kiniry From: kiniry@gauss.Berkeley.EDU (Joe Kiniry) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Amiga 3000UX Keywords: Amiga 3000UX UNIX Message-ID: <1990Nov14.134621@gauss.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 14 Nov 90 18:46:21 GMT Sender: news@stat.fsu.edu Reply-To: kiniry@gauss.Berkeley.EDU (Joe Kiniry) Organization: FSU computer science & mathematics Lines: 33 So, what about the teasing pictures on the manuals, and beta spec sheets for the 3000UX which show X in full color on at least a 1024 by 800 screen? Is this the big hint about a possibly 24 bit graphics board from Commodore? This board is even mentioned on the spec sheet. Also, what about a 1.44 Meg floppy drive, it too is mentioned. Is this possibly an indicator for a 386 Bridge- board. (Please, I hope it's not only at a godforsaken 10 or 12 MHz and $1600- it's not worth it to even produce it Commodore...) Also mentioned in the manuals, (and even shown all the diagrams for and etc.) is the 2500UX. Looks promising. Also, I had lunch today with the owner of Amazing Computers from Tampa and got some more interesting information. Like, the 2.0 upgrade for use 500/1000/2000/2500 users is expected to cost "a couple hundred dollars". Timing for final release? (Remember, I was using a 2.01 version and the UNIX side is still Beta.) I was told Commodore is just ironing out 2.0, tweaking things here and there, and waiting for the official okay from the folk at AT&T (I think) to say the SysV.r4 is alright. Price? The system I was working on was quoted at "around $7000". The other numbers I got sounded a little high to me. (Like $5000 for the low end machine...) Summary: It looks like Commodore has something here, especially if they release a workstation version (meaning no hard drive and larger monitor). The larger monitor and higher resolution is a MUST! The people at SCRI (SuperComputer Research Institute) kind of laughed when they saw that little 13" monitor running an OpenLook interface on a 640 by 400 screen. But if we get the color, the monitor, and the rumored higher clock speed (50 MHz), this machine will truely take off. Any questions can be EMailed to me at kiniry@gauss.math.fsu.edu or kiniry@nu.cs.fsu.edu ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ NOTE THESE ADDRESSES!!! Joseph Kiniry