Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au!adam.adelaide.edu.au!phil From: phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: A3500 ?? Message-ID: Date: 20 Jan 91 23:09:45 GMT References: <665@tronsbox.xei.com> Sender: news@ucs.adelaide.edu.au Organization: Univeristy of Adelaide Lines: 43 Nntp-Posting-Host: adam.adelaide.edu.au tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (Kenneth Jamieson) writes: When the national C= reps demoed the A3000, they told us a little about the A3500, vis: > 1) The A3500 will be a tower case with 6-8 slots. Partly true. The A3500 will indeed be in a tower case but has an A3000 motherboard in it, so it has *exactly* the same number of slots as the A3000. > 2) The A3500 will be sized to fit a Toaster. Can the A3000 fit a toaster? If it can so can the A3500. > 3) A possible '040 at > 25 MHZ Will eventually fit in the co-processor interface on all A3x00 class machines. > 4) New 256 or 4096 color modes (640x400 or better) Not in the A3x00 set. Maybe the A4000, because it will require a new chipset. > 5) Standard ethernet ? (rumored workstation configuration) True. The A3500 was to be marketed as a standard unix server with ethernet an a 200MB SCSI harddrive with >8MB RAM. This means that there was not to be a standard AmigaDOS A3500, just the unix version (ie unix is not an option, it is standard). Of course, in standard C= fashion, they will neither confirm or deny any of the above because specs may change before final release. Phil. -- o| /// Phil Kernick EMail: phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au |o | /// Departmental Engineer Phone: +618 228 5914 | o| \\\/// Dept. of Psychology Fax: +618 224 0464 |o | \/// University of Adelaide Mail: GPO Box 498 Adelaide SA 5001 |