-=========================================================================- _ __ _ <>_ __ _ || /\\ |\ /|| || / ` /\\ || Amiga Update -News and Rumors /__\\ | \ / || || || ___ /__\\ ||(A Very Ocassional Newsletter) / \\_ | \/ ||_ _||_ \__// / \\_ || BACK FOR THE FUTURE || -=========================================================================- AMIGA and the Amiga logo are trademarks of Amiga Technolgies, GmbH --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 960320 M O R E I N F O O N N E W M O D E L D E V E L O P E R S M E E T I N G A T C E B I T I N F O O N A M I G A W O R LD U K Snooping last night on the home page for Amiga Technolgies, I discovered some subtle differences in a press release which we'd run in a recent issue. The differences dealt with the new Amiga model codenamed Walker, which we dealt with in the last issue. It seems AT had a pleasant surprise in store for us. I thought we'd re-run the modified press release for you, which is why you're getting another issue so soon. There's much to be said for doing this newsletter in a paperless form - electrons cost much less than paper. As long as we're putting out another issue so soon, we might as well include other interesting items just discovered. Our second story is a recent posting of the notice for a developers' conference which was held as part of the CeBIT fair in Hannover. We'd like to have some information on who was there - and how many were there. We'll see what we can find out. Finally, since we're going over some familiar ground this issue, we end with an announcement about the upcoming World of Amiga show in the UK. This is also a re-write and elaboration of an anouncement published earlier. We'll try to have more information about the show once it's actually held. Brad --------------------------------------------------------------------------- M O D I F I E D P R E S S R E L E A S E AMIGA Technologies GmbH with ESCOM at the CeBIT 96 Amiga Surfer, new AMIGA Prototype, Information about the PowerPC Project 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. {New Information in following Paragraph - CDROM sentence. Brad} The motherboard features two SIMM sockets, on which the memory can be increasedup 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. Info: Gilles Bourdin / Public Relations AMIGA Technologies - Berliner Ring 89 - D-64625 Bensheim Tel +49 6252 709 195 - Fax +49 6252 709 520 email --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A M I G A D E V E L O P E R S ' M E E T I N G A T C E B I T I suppose it's not surprising that CeBIT, the premier German computer show, would become an important part of the new Amiga Technolgies approach to doing business. At the show just now ending, AT called a developers' conference. We thought you might like to see the announcemet. Brad AMIGA Technologies Invites Developers to Meet on CeBIT 96 Amiga Technologies Developer meeting Bensheim, 06/03/96 Amiga Technologies will hold two developer meetings during the CeBIT fair in Hannover, on the 18th and 19th of March 1996 at 14:00. These meetings will take place on the Motorola booth in "Halle 14 Stand D22", big conference room. Both meetings will be of identical contents, the reason why it has been decided to hold two meetings is that there is a maximum capacity of 30 people per session in the conference room on the Motorola booth. Please understand that since we have limited capacity, not all applicants will be able to come. Please also consider that this is a developer only meeting, reserved for hardware engineers and software programmers. No press or dealers will be allowed in the conference room. The first applicants to register for the meeting will have the best chances to get a seat. To register, please send in your application at peterk@amiga.de or by fax at +49 6251 802 179, attn: Dr. Peter Kittel, before March 10th. You will then be notified wether or not you can participate and if yes, for which day you are scheduled. Best regards, Gilles Bourdin. Info: Gilles Bourdin / Public Relations AMIGA Technologies - Berliner Ring 89 - D-64625 Bensheim Tel +49 6252 709 195 - Fax +49 6252 709 520 email --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A M I G A S E T T O R E T U R N T O C E N T R E S T A G E W I T H M A J O R N E W N A T I O N A L S H O W C A S E ( U K ) The Amiga is set to return to centre stage on the UK computer scene with a major new showcase event to be held in APRIL. Sponsored by Amiga Technologies GmbH, the German based subsidiary of Escom, the show is being developed to effectively relaunch the Amiga following the rescue of the machine from the ruins of Commodore. World of Amiga '96 has been designed as a major public platform to rehabilitate the Amiga in the eyes of the existing user base - as well as a potential new generation of Amigans - and to provide the Amiga business sector with a significant source of revenue. All the top Amiga companies are expected to attend the event - to be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 13 / 14 at the Novatel, Hammersmith. Supported by all the major Amiga titles, the show line up will include: - Amiga Technologies GmbH which will use the event to unveil all the latest development for the Amiga. (Though yet to be confirmed, it is expected that the new Amiga 1200+ will have its first public showing in the uk at the event.) - Key software developers, many of whom have been holding Amiga packages on the backburner in the light of recent problems, but are now rushing to complete them in time to use the event as a launch pad. - Add on developers whose interest in the Amiga has been stimulated once again. - Amiga distributors. - Amiga dealers from throughout the UK. SHOW FEATURES: - A Games Arcade - High End Applications - Retailers - Technical Advice Centre ( Being Manned by ICPUG ) World of Amiga organisers PBA Events has retained the services of one of the most experienced show promotion agencies in this sector, Cape Cowley Associates, to ensure a well attended event. CCA has previously been responsible for the launch of ECTS, Computer Shopper and the Future Entertainment Show. "All the components are in place for an AMIGA event, like of which we have not seen since the hey day of the machine," says Peter Brameld of PBA Events. "We have a new and well financed manufacturer behind both the machine and the event, all the Amiga mags have promised active support, all third parties are eager to make money - and there is still a substantial user base out there." "Just how substantial can be seen by the fact on leading games house recently sold 50,000 units of an Amiga version of one of its blockbuster titles. Now if that doesn't prove there is still life in this sector, I don't know what does." "World of Amiga '96 will provide the catalyst for the rebirth of the Amiga. So let the good times roll again......" -=========================================================================- _ __ _ <>_ __ _ || Brad Webb - available at: /\\ |\ /|| || / ` /\\ || webb@malamute.med.ge.com /__\\ | \ / || || || ___ /__\\ || bandr@globaldialog.com / \\_ | \/ ||_ _||_ \__// / \\_ || Portal -- XJumpdisk -=========================================================================-