Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!daveh
From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 68020 Amiga??
Message-ID: <4969@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 10 Oct 88 16:51:46 GMT
References: <111400004@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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in article <111400004@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, sjg00257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu says:
> Nf-ID: #N:uxa.cso.uiuc.edu:111400004:000:829
> Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!sjg00257    Oct  6 14:24:00 1988

>    Does anybody out there know of any rumors on the proposed release date
> on this machine.  Also, I am VERY interested in how much it will cost and
> what features it will have.  I know that I saw some of this info in
> amiga.tech, but I think that this is probably a better forum for the info
> that I need.

The only announced 68020 product from Commodore is the A2620, which is a 
68020 based coprocessor board for the Amiga 2000.  While I haven't heard
a release date on it yet (I just design the things, don't sell 'em), they
could very easily be out on dealer shelves in a month or two.  This board
plugs into the Coprocessor slot of the A2000, which was designed to house
just such a board.  Along with the 68020 are 68881 FPU, 68851 MMU, and your
choice of 2 or 4 megabytes of 32 bit wide DRAM.

>   If the release date is really distant (or the price is), I might end up
> getting the Amiga 2000 anyway.

You could get the A2000 now, the 68020 later.

>   Any input appreciated.                        Scott Garrett
> 						University of Illinois -
> 						Urbana-Champaign

Hey, I was just out at University of Illinois, speaking to the Commodore and 
Amiga user group that meets there.  You should have stopped by, coulda seen the
whole A2620 thing in action.
-- 
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