#A1200 Preannoucment
Well, the NDA on the A1200 is officially lifted. Here's Commodore's
official pre-annoucement, which was posted to Usenet and BIX:
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TITLE: Amiga 1200
The following is a position statement from Commodore Business
Machines, Inc. (USA) regarding the A1200.
Following on the heels of the launch and shipment of the A4000 in
September (the first Amiga system to feature the AGA Chip set),
Commodore is announcing the second AGA-based machine, which is
designated the A1200. This machine has already been announced in
several European countries and will be officially announced in the
U.S. at Comdex, November 16 in Las Vegas. It is currently expected to
be available in the United States before Christmas, 1992.
The A1200 is not a replacement for either the A600 or A2000, both of
which are expected to continue in the product line in the U.S. The
A1200 is an addition to the product line and is positioned as a
machine that will be competitive with the 386SX/DX or MAC Classic
series machines in the home/ education market and as a machine for
presentation and training delivery, or for kiosk systems.
Key features include:
* AGA Chip set (with AmigaDOS Release 3), supporting the same
resolution and color modes as the A4000 (including typical VGA-type
displays as well as the NTSC display modes)
* use of an industry standard IDE drive making hard drives
relatively inexpensive and available
* PCMCIA slot (same as the A600). The slot can be utilized by a
number of peripherals which are already available, or soon to become
available. These include 1,2, and 4 megabyte memory cards, SCSI adapters
and FAX/Modems.
Commodore believes that the A1200 will continue to make the Amiga
series of machines competitive in today's changing environment. It
represents a major step forward for Commodore in the entry to midrange
segment of the computing industry. We must also point out that
Commodore is committed to a full product line of AGA-based products.
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