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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

1407.0. "B3000...what is it?" by 45384::MASON () Mon May 09 1988 06:32

    I have just heard news of some of the products shown at the German
    Amiga show last month.  One of the products on display which
    particularly caught my eye was the B3000.  This machine according
    to the spec has two processors, 2 gigabytes of memory and networking
    facilities.  From this sort of specification, I get the feeling
    that Amiga is moving into the mini-computer market.  I would like some 
    more information on this just out of curiousity and as it isnt going
    to be launched until Easter of '89 I was wondering if anybody in
    the States could help, me since Commodore are U.S based and there might
    be more info over your side.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Paul.
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T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1407.1		DICKNS::MACDONALD	WA1OMM Listening 52.525	`Mon May 09 1988 09:35`	4
	It was probably 2 Mbytes of memory, not gigabytes. The Amiga rags say its a Model 2000 mechanically with various assundry add-ons like a 68030 cpu and a Unix-like operating system. Definitely not geared for the "home market."
1407.2	They SAID Gigabytes, I promise	45384::MASON		`Mon May 09 1988 13:18`	12
	No, I am absolutely, 101% sure that it was gigabytes. It may have been a typing error but the people reporting had actually been to the show and seen it. Well if its not geared for the home market I'm not really that interested but I am a bit unsure about Commodore seriously attempting to break into Operating System type enviroments considering they have almost always concentrated on PCs. Time will tell how popular this machine will be, and if it popular the market will most definitely be professionals in Video, Animation or Art work. I cant see it being very successful or Business Enviroments for developing Software or maintaining Databases. Paul.
1407.3	31 bit address space?	BARDIC::RAVAN		`Mon May 09 1988 13:43`	7
	I assume from the little bit I read about it in AmigaWorld that it will have an address space of 2 gigs (31 bits), not that it necessarily comes with 2 gigs of physical memory. I assume that it will be a 68030-based machine running Unix supporting the builtin MMU for virtual memory. Just one person's assumptions, however. -jim
1407.4		BAGELS::BRANNON	Dave Brannon	`Mon May 09 1988 18:04`	7
	.3 is probably correct. 2 gigs of physical memory, at the current memory prices, might price it out of the Workstation market :-) Of course, by Easter of 1989, the normal home computer may have at least a couple megs of memory (remember OS/2??) -Dave
1407.5	but when?	WJG::GUINEAU		`Tue May 10 1988 08:35`	7
	I seem to remember an AmigaWorld article saying these machines were "a loooong way off"... John
1407.6	It's Easter '89	45384::MASON		`Tue May 10 1988 10:47`	6
	No, I am certain of it being Easter '89. Its in the May issue of AmigaWorld. Paul