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From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Beyond the 2000
Message-ID: <1562@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Mar-87 07:23:59 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 17 07:23:59 1987
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In article <3263@udenva.UUCP> pbrody@udenva.UUCP (Paul Brody ) writes:
>
>I have a few questions about the 2000.
>
>First, will an expansion box be made available for 1000 users to plug in 2000
>cards ?

	Commodore has always given the A1000 expansion box market to third
	parties (for better or worse 8-).  At this point, CSA and ASDG have
	announced A1000 expansion boxes that accept the new form factor cards
	and provide some additional degree of A2000ness.  Byte-by-Byte has
	committed themselves to further development of "zorro" cards.  The
	other players have yet to be heard from in public.

>Second, will the 3000 will finished by the end of this year or early next
>year ? What is the delay ?

	The current A2000 with the plug-in processor cards stands somewhere
	between the original A2000 and A3000 product notions.  We hope have
	the 68020 card available within few months after the A2000 hits the
	streets.

	With to expansion possible in the A2000 framework, plans for an
	A3000 machine are somewhat vague.  It seems reasonable to expect
	further developments using the A2000 product as a starting point,
	rather than prior A2000, A3000, "Ranger" product concepts.

>Finally, are there new custom chips being developed that will eliminate
>interlace flicker ? Will it be possible to retrofit them on older Amigas ?

	We are currently working on an enhanced version of the Amiga chipset.
	Retrofits for the A1000's are problematic, since it is far easier
	design in new chips than to shove them into designs completed before
	the details of the chips were defined.

	As engineers, we try to provide for the future, but our crystal balls
	are notoriouly cloudy and our ability to predict market trends is
	marginal at best.
-- 
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