1 REM Ins{nd av Nils Hammar <4341> 1990-04-28 20.56.42 (KERMIT) Path: tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!cbmvax!ken From: ken@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Press Release: A3000 Message-ID: <11055@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 24 Apr 90 17:04:55 GMT Reply-To: ken@cbmvax (Ken Farinsky - CATS) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 121 References: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EXPECTED SHIP DATE: JULY 1990 COMMODORE EXTENDS POPULAR AMIGA PRODUCT LINE; INTRODUCES TALENTED AMIGA 3000 AT "MULTIMEDIA LIVE" Machines President Harold Copperman and his aggressive management team today dramatically defined multimedia as the company introduced the latest in its popular line of Amiga personal computers at a live multimedia demonstration at the Palladium. The powerful and elegant new Amiga (R) 3000 brings enhanced performance capabilities and a new AmigaDOS (TM) 2.0 operating system to the company's line of multimedia products. "The 3000 marks the first step in Commodore's new Amiga product marketing strategy and reinforces our serious bid to capture greater market share within the business, government and higher education markets," said Commodore Vice President of Marketing C. Lloyd Mahaffey. "We've delivered an incredibly competitive hardware system featuring lower cost, higher performance and added communications capabilities." Mahaffey said key product features include a 16 or 25 Mhz, 68030 Motorola processor, a 68881 or 68882 math coprocessor, a true 32-bit architecture, 2 MB of memory standard (with an address space of over one gigabyte) and, as in all Amigas, true multitasking capability. The standard Amiga 3000 comes with a 40 MB hard drive and a 3.5-inch floppy disk drive and features a SCSI interface for added communication capability. Commodore also offers a 100 MB configuration. Suggested retail price is $3,299 for the 16 Mhz version, $3,999 for the 25 Mhz version and $4,499 for the 100 MB version. Shipments are expected to begin in July. Demonstration units are available at participating Authorized Commodore Amiga Reseller locations. Commodore Director of Product Marketing Walt Simpson said the price/performance of the A3000 results from the effective integration of the Amiga's three custom chips with five new custom gate arrays which serve a variety of functions including bus arbitration, RAM memory handling, SCSI device handling and video enhancing. The Amiga 3000 also features a new operating system, AmigaDOS 2.0, which significantly enhances the look and functionality of the platform, Simpson said. Besides the new look, standards have been created for all system utilities, icons, requesters and gadgets to permit ease-of-use by both users and programmers, he said. In addition, Commodore announced the inclusion of the AREXX (TM) interprocess communication protocol and programming language. The integration of AREXX into the AmigaDOS operating system will facilitate the control of external programs from within any application supporting AREXX, Simpson said. This feature, coupled with Commodore's new AmigaVision (TM) authoring system, creates a powerful multitasking environment for the creation of multimedia presentations. Along with the A3000 announcement, Commodore introduced a number of strategic software and peripheral products, including: * AmigaVision authoring system; * Networking products providing connectivity with Arcnet, Novell (R) NetWare, Ethernet, TCP/IP and NFS standards; * Monitors, including 2024 high resolution monochrome and 1950 color multiscan; and * Commodore Amiga 10 Stereo Audio Compact Speakers. Commodore further announced an AmigaDOS 2.0 enhancer kit for A2000 series machines to be available in September. Availability of a 2.0 enhancer kit for A500 series machines will be announced at a future date. Commodore Business Machines, Inc., based in West Chester, Pa., markets a complete line of personal computers and peripherals for the business, education, government and consumer markets. The multitasking Amiga (R) line includes the Commodore Amiga 2000 (TM), the Commodore Amiga 500 (TM) and two enhanced products: the Commodore Amiga 2000HD (TM) and the Commodore Amiga 2500/30 (TM). Commodore's line of MS-DOS (R)-compatible computers includes the Select Edition (TM) and Professional Series III (TM). For more information on the Amiga 3000, contact Walt Simpson, director of product marketing, Commodore Business Machines, 1200 Wilson Drive, West Chester, PA 19380 or call 215-431-9100. # # # Ken Farinsky - CATS - (215) 431-9421 - Commodore Business Machines uucp: ...{uunet,rutgers}!cbmvax!ken bix: kfarinsky Path: tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!cbmvax!ken From: ken@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Press Release: Networking Message-ID: <11057@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 24 Apr 90 17:06:43 GMT Reply-To: ken@cbmvax (Ken Farinsky - CATS) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 135 References: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EXPECTED SHIP DATE: JUNE 1990 COMMODORE ADDS EXTENSIVE NETWORKING CAPABILITIES ANNOUNCES PLANS TO EXPAND GROWING AMIGA MARKETS President Harold Copperman today introduced a wide variety of networking capabilities for the company's popular line of Amiga personal computers during a spectacular multimedia presentation at the Palladium. The company also unveiled the newest addition to the Amiga family, the Amiga 3000, and a new multimedia authoring system called AmigaVision (TM). Commodore Vice President of Marketing C. Lloyd Mahaffey said the announcements are a key component in Commodore's strategy to significantly penetrate the business, higher education and government markets. He said today's introduction marks the first time Commodore has marketed Amiga networking products. Shipping is expected to begin in June. "Adding networking capabilities to the Amiga has been a priority since our team joined Commodore last spring," Mahaffey said. "We're convinced that this added capability will greatly enhance the appeal of the Amiga in an office or campus environment and increase our competitiveness in the U.S. market." Networking products introduced today include the following: The A2065 -- Ethernet Network Adaptor The Amiga Ethernet Network Adaptor runs at 10 megabits per second and provides full ANSI 802.3 type Ethernet protocols over both thick and thin Ethernet connections. The networking product gives Amiga users access to the widely installed Ethernet networking standard. Suggested retail price is $349. The A2060 Arcnet Network Adaptor: The Arcnet Network Adaptor, now available for the Amiga, provides full Arcnet bus protocols over Arcnet bus topology networks. The 2.5 Mbps Arcnet Network Adaptor supports up to 256 nodes and features a socket for optional autoboot ROM. It also provides buffered memory to enhance inter-system communications. Suggested retail price for the A2060 is $229. The AS220 -- Amiga Client for Novell (R) NetWare With Commodore's introduction of the Amiga Client for NetWare, the Amiga now has the capability of utilizing Commodore's A2060 adaptor to communicate with Novell Networks running Novell NetWare Version 2.15 or higher. The software features password security and provides the user with two interfaces: a text-oriented interface or the Amiga mouse-based interface. Users can utilize the Amiga's multitasking feature to simultaneously run other programs under AmigaDOS and/or the MS-DOS with Amiga Bridgeboard (TM) options. Suggested retail price is $149. TCP/IP and NFS Software: TCP/IP and NFS software provide the Amiga with connectivity to DoD and other networks which support either of these standard packet-switching protocols. This new software for the Amiga will provide users with access to the widely installed far-reaching communications networks employing the TCP/IP standard. Several developers for the Amiga are already supporting TCP/IP and/or NFS for their networking software products. These include the X-Window System (TM) from GfxBase and TSSnet from Syndesis. Suggested retail price for the TCP/IP and NFS software is $199. Other networking solutions currently available for the Amiga platform include: DECnet. TSSnet (Thursby Software Systems), an Amiga implementation of DECnet (Digital Network Architecture), is available from Syndesis Corporation. X-Window System. The X-Window System, available from GfxBase, enables computers to run applications on other machines while displaying the program's output and interfacing with the program from their Amiga system. Peer-to-Peer Network. A peer-to-peer network, manufactured by UK-based Hydra Systems, provides communication capabilities for Amigas sharing hard and floppy disk drives serial ports (printers, modems, etc.). For more information on Commodore networking capabilities, contact Walt Simpson, director of product marketing, Commodore Business Machines, 1200 Wilson Drive, West Chester, PA 19380 or call 215-431-9100. ### Ken Farinsky - CATS - (215) 431-9421 - Commodore Business Machines uucp: ...{uunet,rutgers}!cbmvax!ken bix: kfarinsky Path: tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!cbmvax!ken From: ken@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Press Release: AmigaVision (TM) Message-ID: <11056@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 24 Apr 90 17:05:54 GMT Reply-To: ken@cbmvax (Ken Farinsky - CATS) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 96 References: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EXPECTED SHIP DATE: MAY 1990 COMMODORE UNVEILS NEW AMIGAVISION (TM) AUTHORING SYSTEM; INNOVATIVE TOOL PROVIDES KEY TO MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS NEW YORK, NY -- April 24, 1990 -- Commodore Business Machines President Harold Copperman today strengthened the company's leadership position in the multimedia market by system can be used to create innovative applications ranging from complex business presentations to daily courseware. Commodore Vice President of Marketing C. Lloyd Mahaffey said the new software system, called AmigaVision (TM), significantly expands the multimedia market by providing an easy-to-use and affordable method for business, education, government and consumer users to develop new applications by creatively combining graphics, text, video and audio components. Shipping is expected to begin in May. The announcement was made as part of a live multimedia presentation at the Palladium. The company also introduced the latest in its Amiga (R) family of personal computers, the Amiga 3000, and a full line of networking products. Previously the domain of programmer-level professional users, multimedia can now be a tool for creative teachers, presentation professionals, computer-based trainers, instruction specialists as well as exhibit and display professionals. AmigaVision does not require previous programming experience and is operable through an intuitive user interface. Mahaffey said the Amiga is the only computer that was originally designed as a multimedia class machine. "AmigaVision is a significant development in multimedia," said Tim Bajarin, vice president of Creative Strategies International, a Santa Clara, California-based research firm, and publisher of MULTIMEDIA COMPUTING AND PRESENTATIONS. "With today's round of announcements, Commodore is positioned to make a major play for personal computer sales within this growing market." David Archambault, director of business markets, said AmigaVision takes full advantage of the Amiga's built-in graphics, video and music capabilities. The system used the Amiga's native multitasking capability to allow users to run programs simultaneously. Unlike other authoring systems, AmigaVision is a non-intrusive environment which allows applications to run without the AmigaVision menus being visible, he said. Enhanced design capabilities allow for immediate on-screen preview while the presentation program is running. This allows the user to create unique user interface elements quickly and with ease. AmigaVision provides a flow-chart type iconic interface programming environment featuring a single control screen/menu. The Amiga operating system's AREXX (TM) communications protocol support allows applications to interact with programs on the same or other networked machines. The system will be bundled with all Amiga 2000 and 3000 series machines. For existing owners, AmigaVision is available at Authorized Commodore Amiga Resellers for a suggested retail price of $149. Mahaffey said AmigaVision is a key component of Commodore's product marketing strategy for the Amiga family. While professional users comprise the majority of multimedia- related markets today, future plans call for penetration into the consumer market as home users begin to discover the benefits of multimedia. For more information on AmigaVision (TM), contact David Archambault, director of business markets, Commodore Business Machines, 1200 Wilson Drive, West Chester, PA 19380 or call 215-431-9100. ###### Ken Farinsky - CATS - (215) 431-9421 - Commodore Business Machines uucp: ...{uunet,rutgers}!cbmvax!ken bix: kfarinsky