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From: monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: CEBIT Commodore Announcements (A2500, A3000)
Message-ID: <249@sagpd1.UUCP>
Date: 6 Apr 88 17:05:31 GMT
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Reply-To: monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine)
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Please excuse and errors as this is my first attempt to post to the net.



    I felt that the Amiga community should know what we were shown at the
San Diego Users Group meeting last night.

	Some "Sales" types from CBM were invited to show to the group
a machine that they were in town to demo for a local "LARGE" coprporation.

	This machine was obviously an early prototype so PLEASE do not
get overly excited. The machine appeared to be in an 2000 chassis but the
label said Amiga 3000. Sitting on top was what looked like a Mac II
monitor with a label that also said Amiga 3xxx. There were real numbers for
x's but I forgot to write them done. 

	That was the good news now fore the not so good news.
The Person giving this very abbreviated demo ( they had a plane to catch in
30 minuites) stated that the Amiga 3000 would contain an 68030, 68882 and
run at 20 Mhz. Sounds ok so far! But the 3000 will NOT be compatable with
2000 cards. Stop and think before you flame on. The 3000 will have a 32 bit 
bus and the 2000 has a 16 bit bus.

	This is not the end of the world. The 3000 is targeted to compete 
with *SUN* and is to be a parrallel development for the 2000 in a different
market.  The 2000 (series) will still be a viable line with the 3000 targeted
at the workstation market. Oh yes the 3000 demo was running workbench 2.0 
and was said to have a non-interlaced display capability in the 1000x800 area.
This is a machine for a DIFFERENT MARKET!!!!!

	The key that we all need to remember before we scream is the more 
(profitable) markets that Commadore is in, the better is the future growth
for ALL Amiga's. One more thing before I go, the sugggested price for this
machine was in the $4000 range with 2 Megabytes of 32 bit memory. There
was also mention of possible rebates (for those who wish to change market
branches).  These guys were VERY non-commital. The display looked great
though.


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