Announcement Announcement For the first time in over two years, AMIGA computers will be presented again officially by the manufacturer at the largest computer fair in the world: The CeBIT. From 14th to 20th of March, AMIGA Technologies GmbH will be represented on the ESCOM booth in hall 11 with new products. AMIGA computers will also be seen on the Microvitec and Motorola booths.
The AMIGA-Surfer, a complete Internet computer with software, modem, connection and free hours is now available at a price of 1199 DM. The Surfer can be connected to a TV set or to a standard VGA monitor. The solution is based on the AMIGA 1200 with a 260 MB harddrive, 2 MB of RAM and a 14,400 bps modem. Thanks to its resource-saving features, the highly optimized AMIGA-OS makes cost-effective solutions like the Surfer possible. Also the excellent multitasking abilities of its OS makes the AMIGA the ideal multimedia and Internet machine.
A prototype of the new AMIGA will be shown for the first time worldwide at the CeBIT fair in Hannover, Germany. AMIGA Technologies GmbH will hereby expand the AMIGA product line for the advanced home user and the semi-professional market. Modularity, futuristic design and expansion capability are the main edges of the new product.
The motherboard features two SIMM sockets, on which the memory can be increased up to 128 MB. This AMIGA comes standard with a quad-speed CD-ROM drive. The main processor used will be the 680EC30 / 40 MHz. This combination allows a product at a tight price with a good computing power. With the available flexible expansion bus, turbo cards with processors like the 68060 or the PowerPC will be easily installable.
This expansion bus can also be used with graphics cards, multi-serial cards, MPEG cards etc. The modular concept makes the addition of further slots possible, so that the user can define how many expansion slots he will have in his machine. This way, the basic machine can be turned into a tower. This design concept will be the base of the coming AMIGA Generation.
The new AMIGA will be shipped with a revisited version 3.2 of the AMIGA-OS. New features and many enhancements will give the system more power and flexibility.
The PowerPC project is also moving forward. Thanks to the close cooperation with Motorola and Phase 5, the porting of the AMIGA-OS will be achieved within the announced schedule. The first Power AMIGA will be available early in 1997, as planned. Until then, it is also foreseeable that Phase 5 will release the first PowerPC cards for existing AMIGAs. The development of the OS is led by former top AMIGA engineers.
