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Subject: Amiga 2000
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Date: Thu, 5-Feb-87 12:00:51 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb  5 12:00:51 1987
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Netters,

I just received the March issue of Compute!  It talks about the NEW Amiga2000.
I have not heard any discussion on the net, or in this news group so I thought
I would include this article to tell everyone ( that's if they already don't
know).  I will quickly summarize the article ( if that's possible ).  Commodore
has included alot of IDEAS that fellow netters were looking for.

Summary of Article : ( Note : I just got the mag. and I am reading and typing
at the same time, so be patient.  This source is taken  from Compute! mag from
the March 1987 issue.  So I hope most of there info is correct.

Amiga 2000  - price under- $1500
The "basic" machine has one 3.5 drive, SEVEN expansion slots, three drive ports,
and a 200-watt power supply, and a CHOICE between a $300 or $500 monitor.  The
Amiga2000 is completely software compatible with Amiga1000.  Uses the "standard"
operating system 1.2.  

Quoted from compute! :

Two keys of expandability at low cost are the optional Amiga Bridge card, which
allows the Amiga to run IBM PC software ( yecch ),  and PC-compatible expansion
slots on the machine's main circuit board.  Note,  with a Bridge equipped Amiga
2000, you could read documents directly from IBM floppy disk and process them
for publishing on the Amiga end system.  The two processors communicate over a
shared memory area.  

( If your getting BORED hit 'n' NOW because this going to be a long review )

EXTERNALS :  The case is considerably taller to make room for extra internal
hardware and expansion slots.  The overall shape is the same as the Amiga1000.
The front panel has room for 3-drives (2-3.5 drives & 1 5.25 drive half-height )
The mouse, joystick and keyboard ports are now grouped together on the FRONT.
The 2000 has the same parallel printer port and rs-232 serial port as IBM-pc.

VIDEO AND SOUND:  as in the 1000, the 2000 is controlled by the chips, Agnes,
Denise amd Paula.  The 2000 has all the screen modes of the 1000 and includes
the same-4 channel sound system.   Two new monitors the a2002 monitor is a
switchable rgb - composite video.  And the a2080,  is a LONG-persistence 
monitor.  Note to use composite , you need a a2060 comp./rf modulator. Also,
Commodore has included a MIDI interface OPTION the a1400 MIDI.  It includes
midi IN, OUT, THROUGH.

INTERNALS :  same microprocessor as 1000.  Motorola 68000 at clock speed of
7.14meghz.  Optional ( from commodore??? ), is a acclerator board 32-bit
Motorola 68020 at 14 Mhz, a MMU, and cache memory.  Can also accept a 68881
math cooprocessor.   Comes with 1 MEG of memory.  The 2000 has 256K of ROM
that contains the OS.  An optional, hard disk/SCSI contoller ( from commodore ).
The card, includes 2-hard disk interfaces and a high-speed tape drive for
backing up a hard drives contents.  Also, includes a built-in clock/calendar
with battery backup for time and date-stamping.


I could go on forever but this is JUST supposed to be a quick review.

I would like to disclaim any wrong information that I might have stated.  
Most of this article is from the Compute magazine.  

What was that a Rumor about a AMiGA 2000,  it is more than just a rumor,
it is real.

To Dave Wecker, thanks for the VT100 term emulator, do you know of any good
introduction and reference books for Image processing.  To Matt Dillon, for
his work on the Amiga, Thank You.

Well have to go and SAVE some money,

DAVE 

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		Dave Blaszyk  
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