Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!ll-xn!oberon!pollux.usc.edu!papa From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: CEBIT Commodore Announcements (A2500, A3000) Message-ID: <7735@oberon.USC.EDU> Date: 18 Mar 88 04:54:11 GMT Sender: news@oberon.USC.EDU Reply-To: papa@pollux.usc.edu () Organization: Felsina Software, Los Angeles Lines: 89 This just got posted by Lauren Brown on BIX. It is definitely worth reading. It is also definitely commercial in nature, but who cares :-) ------------------------------------ TITLE: 1988 CEBIT Show Announcements With over 500 members of the press in attendance, Commodore held a press conference the first day of CEBIT (3/16/88). Chairman Irving Gould took this opportunity to announce the continuation of the company's successful financial picture. For the 6 month period ending 12/31/87, net income rose to $34 million, up from $25.5 million in the same period one year ago. This represents an increase of 33%. Mr. Gould stated that 80% of the net income came from products not present in the Commodore line 2 years ago. Mr. Gould announced the redesign of the PC line, and the further develop- ment of the Amiga computer family. Plans for the Amiga 2500 and Amiga 3000 were discussed. Mr. Gould STRESSED "the A2000 will remain compatible with all new attributes of new Amiga products". Details of new products are: AMIGA 2500AT will have the following specifications: 68020/68881 286 Bridgeboard 40 MG Autoboot harddrive AMIGA 2500UX will be equipped with 68020/68881 Autoboot Hardrive (with option of 100 MG harddrive) Unix 5.3 compatible operating system The Unix included with the A2500UX is a proprietary high performance windowing user shell. Also optional for the A2500UX will be a tapestream storage device. It was also announced that Commodore is continuing work on the Amiga 3000, which will be based on Motorola's 68030 chip. Some of the attributes of this machine include networking capabilities and multiple mass storage devices of up to 2.2 gigabytes. Release of the A3000 is slated for calendar year 1989. Other new products also shown at the Commodore booth include: A2620 68020/68881/68851 coprocessor for the A2000 with 2-4 MG RAM A2024 High Resolution Gray Scale Amiga Monitor A2300 Amiga 2000 Genlock A2286 80286 based Amiga bridgeboard Transputer project In other news from the press conference: Commodore announced a cooperative effort with a large scale research group to develop a high performance workstation. The West German Society for Biotechnological Research and Commodore are working together to develop the workstation which will be based on the Amiga 2000 with Transputer. The workstation is aimed at the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries, and is considered ideal conditions for graphics applications and display of molecular structures. Chairman Gould announced no plans for Commodore to increase prices due to DRAM price increases. We will continue to supply our market at prices levels now in effect. It was also announced that enchanced graphics chips with non-interlace mode will be available for the Amiga 500 and Amiga 2000. Commodore is the leader in the West German microcomputer industry, with a market share of over 50%. With professional systems, Commodore ranks in 2nd place in Germany, and is unchallenged in the home market. European press reaction to the conference has been very positive. Some of the headlines from the show include: "Commodore and Nixdorf Grow, Grow, Grow" and "Commodore Attacks the Professional and Business Market". Commodore and, more especially, CATS, want to thank you as developers for your ongoing support. It is this support which has made the advancements possible. Hoping to see all of you in Washington - Lauren ------------------------------------ Enjoy. -- Marco