From: pp@tarzan.jyu.fi (Petri Pyoria)
Newsgroups: sfnet.atk.amiga
Subject: PC vs. Amiga
Date: 14 Apr 92 12:42:59 GMT
Distribution: sfnet
Organization: University of Jyvaskyla, Finland



	Amigako vanhentunut antiikkinen roju?
	
	HAH!

	
Announcing NEW AMIGA MODELS!  The AMIGA 600, AMIGA 2200, and AmigaStation!
 
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Poistettu juttua A600:sta ja A2200:sta...
 
    AMIGASTATION
 
An  all  new  line of powerful Amiga WorkStations is now ready to leap
Amiga  computing  to  a  new high level of processing capability.  The
AmigaStation  line  initially  includes three basic models.  All three
models  incorporate  the  Motorola  68040  CPU, 32bit SCSI-2 hard disk
interface,  ECS,  video de-interlacer, WorkBench 2.0 and contain up to
32MB  of  system  RAM  on  the mother board.  Additionally, All models
include enhanced digital audio capability which inludes dual channel 8
bit audio output at up to 44Khz and single channel 16 bit audio output
at  up to 22 KHz sample rate.  All models also come with the option of
UNIX System 5, Rlease 4 which can be pre-installed.  An EtherNet board
is available for standard network interface capability on all models.
 
The  High-End  A4300, housed in a "Tower Style" case, incorporates the
MC68040  CPU clocked at 25MHz, 8MB system RAM, 2MB ESC Chip RAM, 330MB
hard disk, 1.76MB floppy drive and a high resolution coprocessor based
video  graphics card with 1280 x 1024 pixel resolution and 8 bit color
from  a  24  bit  palette.   Video RAM expands to support 24 bit color
displayed from a 24 bit palette.  System RAM can be expaned to 32MB on
the  mother  board  which also contains five 32bit expansion slots for
further  memory and peripheral expansion.  The video card occupies one
expansion  slot.   A  CPU  direct slot supports an optional high-speed
cache  memory  card.   The  system  enclosure  provides  room for four
internal 3.5" drives and two 5.25" drives.  I/O ports include standard
serial and parallel ports, SCSI port, NTSC video, de-interalced video,
high resolution RGB video, dual mouse and dual audio ports.
 
The  A4200,  housed  in  a  very  low  profile "pizza box" style case,
incorporates the MC68040 CPU clocked at 25MHz, 8MB system RAM, 2MB ESC
Chip  RAM,  210MB hard disk, 1.76MB floppy drive and a high resolution
coprocessor   based  video  graphics  card  with  1280  x  1024  pixel
resolution  and  8 bit color from a 24 bit palette.  Video RAM expands
to  support  24 bit color displayed from a 24 bit palette.  System RAM
can  be  expaned to 32MB on the mother board which also contains three
32bit  expansion  slots  for  further memory and peripheral expansion.
The  video  card  occupies  one  expansion  slot.   A  CPU direct slot
supports  an  optional high-speed cache memory card.  The low profile,
low  cost  system  enclosure  provides  room  for  three internal 3.5"
drives.   I/O  ports  include standard serial and parallel ports, SCSI
port, NTSC video, de-interalced video, high resolution RGB video, dual
mouse and dual audio ports.
 
The  A4100,  housed  in  a  very  low  profile "pizza box" style case,
incorporates the MC68040 CPU clocked at 25MHz, 4MB system RAM, 2MB ESC
Chip  RAM,  105MB  hard  disk, 1.76MB floppy drive.  System RAM can be
expaned  to  32MB  on the mother board which also contains three 32bit
expansion  slots  for  further memory and peripheral expansion.  A CPU
direct  slot  supports  an optional high-speed cache memory card.  The
low  profile,  low  cost  system  enclosure  provides  room  for three
internal  3.5" drives.  I/O ports include standard serial and parallel
ports, SCSI port, NTSC video, de-interalced video, dual mouse and dual
audio ports.
 
 
AmigaStation:   Wow!  What else can you say?  If  you  need high power
                in an Amiga, well, here it is!  These systems  are the
                ultimate for Amiga creativity for the power user.  For
                professional or personal use in anaimation, ray trace,
                CAD and Desk Top Publishing, the  AmigaStation  really
                makes it  possible - in a  hurry!  These  systems  are
                fast.  But the optional low-cost, high-speed CPU cache
                card increases processing throughput by  20 to 30% and
                is well worth the extra  cost.  The A4300 tower system
                costs some $$, but will  handle almost any  peripheral
                expansion need internally.  That, together  with  it's
                high-speed processing make it well worth the price for
                those who need  this  capability.  For those  who need
                only moderate internal peripheral expansion, the A4200
                and A4100 will out-compete, in price/performance,  any
                high-end personal computer and compete  well  with any
                mid-range UNIX  workstation.  The  68040,  known to be
                pretty fast, is still  under estimated.  It's at least
     HUOM!  ->  50% faster then the 486 at a given clock speed in most
                situations.  So if you need a fast Amiga, or, for that
                matter, if you need a fast  computer,  GO FOR IT!  One
            ->  more note - The A3000 can essentially be brought up to
                the level of the AmigaStation series by adding a 68040
                accelerator and a high-res graphics video card.
 

		- Pete