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It may be he waited for C= to give him one, but some of the more, umm, strident mail he gets whenever he writes about the Amiga puts him off Amigas for a a while. The announcement may have something to do with this item I picked off the Usenet: ================================================================ Taken from MIND LINK! on Tue Aug 11 04:34:03 1992 Mon Aug 10 15:03:54 1992 Message : #4089486 From: Brandon Lee Worrell Address : Hytec@cup.portal.com Group : Usenet.comp.sys.amiga.misc Length : 3398 bytes Subject : 040 based 3000T announcement Read 8 times Msg-ID: <63775@cup.portal.com> Posted: Mon, 10 Aug 92 13:33:23 Org. : The Portal System (TM) After several messages, here is the actual product announcement as mailed to me by CBM. Please forgive any typo's. NEW PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT Product Model Number: A3000T-040 Product Description: Amiga 3000 Tower with a Motorola 68040 processor. The MC68040 is running at 25 MHz and includes an on-chip FPU. The A3000T-040 includes a 200 megabyte hard drive and 5 megabytes of memory. The MC68040 provides approximately 20 CISC MIPS, and 3.5 DP Megaflops. The A3000T-040 does not have either a MC68030 or a MC68882 installed. Note: The A3000T-040 is an addition to the product family and does not replace the A3000T- 25/200 which remains a current product. Product Applications: The A3000T-040 is the perfect product for demanding applications like complex animations, ray tracing, and intensive graphics. Most applications that require intensive computing will benefit when run on this Powerhouse processor. Compatibility: AmigaDOS 2.0 Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price: $5998.00 US includes 1950/1960 Monitor through Sept. [ MORE ]