Conference hydra::amiga_v1

1950.0. "USENET on A2000 with 68020/030" by WJG::GUINEAU () Mon Dec 05 1988 08:28

From the USENET postings...  Ed's next system???

John



Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Path: decwrl!labrea!rutgers!bpa!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers
Subject: Amiga & UnixWorld Magazine
Posted: 30 Nov 88 03:44:40 GMT
Organization: Sneakers Computing
Xref: decwrl comp.sys.amiga:28270 comp.sys.amiga.tech:3257
 
s you mean line eater!]
 
 The following is taken directly from the Dec 88 issue of UnixWorld (Pg 59)
 from an article called "Apple Conquers The UNIX/68000 PC Market".
 
 (Without permission of course ;-)
 
 ----<START>----
 
 COMMODORE RAISES STEAM FOR UNIX
 
 Commodore's Amiga 2000 - in beta testing at press time - uses a DMA coprocessor
 slot to hold a 68020/68030 processor running a full implemenation of UNIX
 system V.3.1. The Amiga 2000 comes in three configurations: a 68020 with 4
 megabytes of 32-bit memory, a 68030 with 4 megabytes of 32-bit memory, and a
 68030 with 20 megabytes of 32-bit memory. (The Amiga 2000 actually uses a
 68000 processor and three custom chips for graphics, sound, and multitasking;
 the 68020/030 chips are coprocessors that plug into a direct memory access,
 or DMA slot.) All three models run at a clock speed of 33 MHz. Hard disks
 are available in 60-, 80-, and 100-megabyte sizes. Ethernet, TCP/IP, and NFS
 will all be supported. As many as seven terminals can be connected to the
 Amiga 2000, each connected to the host through an RS-232 expansion card.
 
 According to Commodore, the Amiga 2000 is very fast. "We've achieved a
 benchmark of 6200 Dhrystones", says Dr. Henri Rubin, chief operating officer
 of Commodore International.
 
 Commodore hopes to use raw performance as the enticement for the university
 market. "Real performance is what sells in the university market and to
 VARs in niche markets," says Rubin. "We feel that the Amiga 2000's performance
 will upstage both [Apple and IBM]". Rubin challenges analysts to run their
 own benchmarks rather than take his word.
 
 Commodore will not sell the Amiga 2000 directly to business users. Instead,
 it will rely on VARs who can provide applications-level support. "In
 business applications, the importance of support overshadows all else,"
 says Rubin. Like Atari, Commodore's success with its UNIX machine will be
 heavily dependent on the performance of its VARs.
 
 Commodore's move to UNIX is based on pragmatism. "English is a complex and
 illogical language, yet it is still the most widely used," says Rubin, using
 English as a metaphor for UNIX. "Purists take delight in the inconsistencies
 that frustrate others. Yet if the language is widley used, its technical
 faults become irrelevant," adds Rubin.
 
 ----<END>----
 
 
--

    Too little... Too Late... Too cutisey.
    
    PBS show "Computer Cronicles" in random access news summary reported
    a new Apple SE coming in January,  Its' a 68030 with 40 or 80 MB
    disk and two (???) expansion slots.  Also, a laptop Atari ST was
    announced.
    
    Gee...  CBM better get those machines out ASAP.
    

Re: .1

I wonder if Apple will do as poor a job in sticking a '030 in a SE
case as they did in a Mac II case.  So far, Apple has managed to
make an '030 box that have virtually the same performance as their
'020 box.  I wonder if Apple is ready to introduce a color system
in an SE box?  Or is that too revolutionary?

Atari announces lots of products.  Some of them are even eventually
manufactured some year.

All of this stuff is vapor until the machines are on the shelves
of retailers and available for real comparative tests.

    why January?  I thought the goal was to get it into the toy
    stores by Christmas :-)

re: .0

There appears to be some "creative journalism" being practiced in
this article.... particularly about clock speeds....

	-SES

    
    Does anybody have an option/price list for the upgrades ie. just
    the 020/030 boards?? or was this just an announcement rather than
    a release??
    
    brad