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From: alex@xios.UUCP (Alex B Laney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Byte Article -- Commodore's Promises? (Small Flame)
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Date: Tue, 3-Mar-87 10:45:34 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  3 10:45:34 1987
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Near the back of the Byte article on the Amiga 2000, Clive Smith, makes these
comments which sound like future products:

One:

Commodore is currently developing it own A2286 (intel 286 cpu) card and
support software, which will bring AT-level coprocessing to the Amiga
environment.

Two:

The next multiprocessor/multiDOS environment which Commodore is implementing
for the A2000 is a 68020-based version of UNIX 5.2 that uses a proprietary
MMU currently under development and evaluation ...

end of quote

Now -- if these products are almost (and especially if not) ready to go out
the door, I can tell that the Commodore Engineering staff are cringing at this
marketing guy telling Byte about this. They both sound like products I'd
be interested in.

Are these products planned for '87, '88? Based on track record should I guess?
I have never liked this kind of off-hand announcement. Commodore is under no
obligation legally to bring out these products.

Both cards sound like winners. I don't really want a 8088 in my Amiga! An
80286 I think I could live with, though. And that is going to be more and more
important with the MS-ADOS. With UNIX SVR2, Commodore would have a real
alternative to Unix workstations. They will have to upgrade the number of
pixels, though.

So far, the A2000 info in the magazines is a little disappointing. At least
the info that is for certain. They moved the SideCar and second floppy
internal. But with all the expandability in the slots there certainly
is a lot of potential. That is the most encouraging thing. But I wonder if
there is a bit of a shaky hand on these Amigas ... It doesn't seem a complete
machine yet. But they're working on it. And no magazine has a date of when
it will be in the stores. My local dealer thinks it will be anywhere from
summer to Xmas. This release was definitely moved up to counter Atari's
announcements (which were probably way too soon as well.. and it goes round
and round ...)

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><><>< Alex Laney, Xios Systems Corp, 150-1600 Carling Av, Ottawa. ><><><
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