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From: higgin@cbmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The Potential of the 2000
Message-ID: <1583@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 23-Mar-87 11:56:23 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 23 11:56:23 1987
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Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <3277@udenva.UUCP> pbrody@udenva.UUCP (Paul Brody ) writes:
$The Amiga 2000 is a new computer with a lot of exciting potential. One area 
$has particularly gotten my interest is in multi-processor/multi-tasking/multi-
$OS....
$The things that I would particularly like to see are the following:
$	1) and 80286/80287 or 80386/80387 coprocessor card with MS-DOS

As you know, Commodore is coming out with an 8088 card for the A2000.
Since we also make AT-clones, we're also working on an 80286 card.  80386
is down the road a year at least (as far as customers are concerned, although
3rd parties may do it sooner).

$	2) a 68020/68881 or 68030/68882 coprocessor card which can be used
$	   with AmigaDOS as well as Unix.

The former will be available at or right after launch from a third party.
The latter isn't even available from Motorola so cut us a break.

$	3) A new video card supporting higher resoltion, and better animation.

3rd parties for now.  There's some development going on out there.

$Does anyone know what cards exactly are being developed for the 2000 ?

RAM, hard disk controllers, SCSI's, digitizers, and Genlocks to name a few.

$Does anyone know where Commodore-Amiga is headed in the future as far as new
$products go, and maybe a bit of marketing (just possibly ?) ?

The A2000 is hardly a stop-gap machine - it IS our future for quite a few
years.  It is our future because it IS expandable to meet the needs
beyond today's customer as they become economically feasible.

$Finally, what improvements do the new custom Amiga chips have ?

None from a user's perspective.

	Paul Higginbottom.