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From: cyaa01@mixcom.UUCP (Chris Klausmeier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Machines that never saw the light of day
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Date: 6 Dec 90 02:38:25 GMT
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Reply-To: cyaa01@mixcom.UUCP (Chris Klausmeier)
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Here are a few answers I dug up to my own questions. This is an excerpt
from _The Transactor_ Vol. 5 Issue 6 (May 1985)... I'm posting the Amiga
specific part to comp.sys.amiga too. They won't care about the other
stuff, but might get a kick out of the Amiga stuff.

News BRK

New 16-bit Commodores for 1985

Commodore plans to regain its position in the business market with three
new entries for 1985.

The much-rumored IBM compatible based on the Canadian Hyperion is slated
for introduction in the spring of 1985.

The first half of 1985 should also see the release of Commodore's
multi-tasking Z8000-based machine that was first seen in April 1984 at
the Hanover computer fair in West Germany. This machine will support
multiple users and run an operating system based on UNIX Version 7.

Probably the most exciting of the new machines will come from
Commodore's acquisition of Amega Corp. of Santa Clara, Calif. The
Amiga-derived Commodore is expected to be introduced at Chicago's
Consumer Electronics Show in June 1985. The machine will have a 68000
processor, as well as dedicated processors for animation, graphics, and
sound (including voice synthesis). Graphics are a strong point, with
super high resolution AND 32 colours from a palette of 3,000.

There's also the C128, a souped up 64 with 128K RAM and 80 column
monochrome or colour display output. A portable machine was also shown
to compete with the other LCD "lap-tops". For a more detailed report of
the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, see the February TPUG
magazine.

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[] Chris Klausmeier -- cyaa01@mixcom.UUCP []
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