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      Guru / ADiCT now brings to you  very interresting News !!!
      Thanx to Alchemy for capturing the news on the Usenet !


Announcing NEW AMIGA MODELS!  The AMIGA 600, AMIGA 2200, and AmigaStation!
 
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    AMIGA 600
 
The  new  Amiga  600 is "a very upgraded Amiga 500" which includes the
ECS  for 2MB Chip RAM.  The mother board will hold the 2MB Chip RAM as
well  as an additional 1MB or 4MB of Fast RAM by using either 1Mbit or
4Mbit  chips  respectively.  Stock systems will ship with 1MB Chip and
1MB  Fast  RAM.   The Amiga 600 brings up the low end with a 68000 CPU
that  clocks  at  14.3MHz.  Addressing Fast (system) RAM at this speed
makes the Amiga 600 twice as fast as the Amiga 500 in most operations.
The  A600,  housed  in  the standard low-profile A500 case, also comes
standard   with  one  builtin  High-Density  floppy  drive  which  can
read/write  standard  Amiga  880K  floppy  disks  as well as the Amiga
1.76MB  High-Density format.  The Amiga 600 also includes the standard
serial,  parallel,  dual  mouse  ports, dual audio, floppy drive port,
NTSC  video  and  expansion  bus as the Amiga 500.  Pricing adhears to
traditional A500 low-end pricing stratagy.
 
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    AMIGA 2200
 
A  "killer  no-nonsense"  midrange  Amiga system is finally here.  The
Amiga  2200 is actually more like a "slightly scaled down Amiga 3000."
Housed  in  a box which is actually smaller than the A3000's case is a
mother  board  which  holds  a 68020 CPU clocked at 14.3MHz.  There is
also  a  socket  for  an  optional 68881 FPU.  This is a "real 32 bit"
system  running  on  a 32 bit memory bus.  The Amiga 2200 includes the
ECS  to support 2MB of Chip RAM.  Up to 8MB of additional Fast RAM may
be  added  to the mother board using 4Mbit RAM chips (or 2MB RAM using
1Mbit  RAM chips).  Stock systems will ship with 1MB Chip and 1MB Fast
(system) RAM.  A de-interlacer circuit is included on board as well as
a  32  bit  SCSI hard drive interface similar to the A3000.  There are
three  expansion  slots  including two full 32 bit bus expansion slots
"ala  A3000  style"  on  a  verticle  daughter  board and a direct CPU
expansion  connector  which can take a 68030 or 68040 CPU accelerator.
The  Amiga  2200's low-profile, compact case has room for two internal
3.5"  drives.   Stock  systems  will ship with either one 1.76MB High-
Density  floppy  drive  and a 52MB Quantum hard drive or two HD floppy
drives.   I/O  ports  include  standard  serial,  parallel, dual mouse
ports,   dual   audio,   SCSI,  floppy  drive  port,  NTSC  video  and
de-interlaced  31KHz  video.  The Amiga 2200 with hard drive is priced
substancially  less  then the A3000/16/50 which is being phased out of
production.   The  Amiga  3000/25 will continue as the high end of the
Amiga personal computer line.
 
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    AMIGASTATION
 
An  all  new  line of powerful Amiga WorkStations is now ready to leap
Amiga  computing  to  a  new high level of processing capability.  The
AmigaStation  line  initially  includes three basic models.  All three
models  incorporate  the  Motorola  68040  CPU, 32bit SCSI-2 hard disk
interface,  ECS,  video de-interlacer, WorkBench 2.0 and contain up to
32MB  of  system  RAM  on  the mother board.  Additionally, All models
include enhanced digital audio capability which inludes dual channel 8
bit audio output at up to 44Khz and single channel 16 bit audio output
at  up to 22 KHz sample rate.  All models also come with the option of
UNIX System 5, Rlease 4 which can be pre-installed.  An EtherNet board
is available for standard network interface capability on all models.
 
The  High-End  A4300, housed in a "Tower Style" case, incorporates the
MC68040  CPU clocked at 25MHz, 8MB system RAM, 2MB ESC Chip RAM, 330MB
hard disk, 1.76MB floppy drive and a high resolution coprocessor based
video  graphics card with 1280 x 1024 pixel resolution and 8 bit color
from  a  24  bit  palette.   Video RAM expands to support 24 bit color
displayed from a 24 bit palette.  System RAM can be expaned to 32MB on
the  mother  board  which also contains five 32bit expansion slots for
further  memory and peripheral expansion.  The video card occupies one
expansion  slot.   A  CPU  direct slot supports an optional high-speed
cache  memory  card.   The  system  enclosure  provides  room for four
internal 3.5" drives and two 5.25" drives.  I/O ports include standard
serial and parallel ports, SCSI port, NTSC video, de-interalced video,
high resolution RGB video, dual mouse and dual audio ports.
 
The  A4200,  housed  in  a  very  low  profile "pizza box" style case,
incorporates the MC68040 CPU clocked at 25MHz, 8MB system RAM, 2MB ESC
Chip  RAM,  210MB hard disk, 1.76MB floppy drive and a high resolution
coprocessor   based  video  graphics  card  with  1280  x  1024  pixel
resolution  and  8 bit color from a 24 bit palette.  Video RAM expands
to  support  24 bit color displayed from a 24 bit palette.  System RAM
can  be  expaned to 32MB on the mother board which also contains three
32bit  expansion  slots  for  further memory and peripheral expansion.
The  video  card  occupies  one  expansion  slot.   A  CPU direct slot
supports  an  optional high-speed cache memory card.  The low profile,
low  cost  system  enclosure  provides  room  for  three internal 3.5"
drives.   I/O  ports  include standard serial and parallel ports, SCSI
port, NTSC video, de-interalced video, high resolution RGB video, dual
mouse and dual audio ports.
 
The  A4100,  housed  in  a  very  low  profile "pizza box" style case,
incorporates the MC68040 CPU clocked at 25MHz, 4MB system RAM, 2MB ESC
Chip  RAM,  105MB  hard  disk, 1.76MB floppy drive.  System RAM can be
expaned  to  32MB  on the mother board which also contains three 32bit
expansion  slots  for  further memory and peripheral expansion.  A CPU
direct  slot  supports  an optional high-speed cache memory card.  The
low  profile,  low  cost  system  enclosure  provides  room  for three
internal  3.5" drives.  I/O ports include standard serial and parallel
ports, SCSI port, NTSC video, de-interalced video, dual mouse and dual
audio ports.
 
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NOTES:
 
Amiga 600:  With a 14.3MHz 68000,  and 6MB on board RAM (2MB Chip, 4MB
            Fast RAM), this brings the  low-end,  consumer level Amiga
            to a respsectable  capability.  Processing  speed meets or
            exceeds any cheap 386sx clone.  Just add another HD floppy
            drive and you've got a very capable  system for a very low
            price.
 
Amiga 2200: This system is for the true  Amiga enthusiast.  Due to the
            very "cost reduced" mother  board and  system enclosure it
            is NOT BridgeBoard  capable.  It also has  "only" two main
            expansion slots.  However, with SCSI and up to 10MB RAM on
            board (2MB Chip, 8MB Fast) you  may not  need an expansion
            slot for a while.  With a  14.3MHz 68020 running on a true
            32 bit memory bus, you've  got enough  processing power to
            handle almost any task.   When you are ready to expand, go
            ahead and fill one of the two 32 bit  expansion slots with
            a 32MB memory board.  And  add a  28MHz  68040 to  the CPU
            expansion slot.  You'll  be  in  "Amiga Heaven"  with this
            kind of power.  This system enclosure only holds two 3.5"
            drives. This is the most useful low-cost configuration and
            is due to  the  low-cost, small  footprint inclosure.  But
            you can still add floppy and hard drives externally to the
            built-in floppy and SCSI ports if necassary. The 68881 FPU
            is not included in stock  systems, but at least the socket
            is there when you decide to  plug one in.  The  A2200 will
            significantly out-perform the  Mac Classic II and Mac IILC
            because these Macs use a  16 bit memory interface to their
            32 bit processors.  At list  $1295  with  one high-density
            floppy drive, a 50MB hard drive and 2MB RAM (1MB  Chip and
            1MB Fast) this system will sell like  hot cakes.  At  $995
            street price  this is a  low-cost-Mac and clone killer for
            sure. In fact, a new factory may be needed to keep up with
            demand. The A2000 will remain in  production for those who
            need a system where they can plug in the "kitchen sink."
 
AmigaStation:   Wow!  What else can you say?  If  you  need high power
                in an Amiga, well, here it is!  These systems  are the
                ultimate for Amiga creativity for the power user.  For
                professional or personal use in anaimation, ray trace,
                CAD and Desk Top Publishing, the  AmigaStation  really
                makes it  possible - in a  hurry!  These  systems  are
                fast.  But the optional low-cost, high-speed CPU cache
                card increases processing throughput by  20 to 30% and
                is well worth the extra  cost.  The A4300 tower system
                costs some $$, but will  handle almost any  peripheral
                expansion need internally.  That, together  with  it's
                high-speed processing make it well worth the price for
                those who need  this  capability.  For those  who need
                only moderate internal peripheral expansion, the A4200
                and A4100 will out-compete, in price/performance,  any
                high-end personal computer and compete  well  with any
                mid-range UNIX  workstation.  The  68040,  known to be
                pretty fast, is still  under estimated.  It's at least
                50% faster then the 486 at a given clock speed in most
                situations.  So if you need a fast Amiga, or, for that
                matter, if you need a fast  computer,  GO FOR IT!  One
                more note - The A3000 can essentially be brought up to
                the level of the AmigaStation series by adding a 68040
                accelerator and a high-res graphics video card.
 
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