CompuServe Thread

———————————————————————- * COMMODORE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED * ——————————————————————— COMMODORE ANNOUNCES NEW AMIGA & MS-DOS PC PRODUCTS WEST CHESTER, PA., Wednesday, March 8, 1989 — Commodore International Limited (NYSE:CBU) announced at the CeBIT 1989 computer show in Hanover, Germany today that its European subsidiaries will begin marketing new professional, business and consumer enhancements for the Amiga line of microcomputers. Commodore also previewed a graphics card for the Amiga and two new computers for its MS-DOS PC compatible product group. The new Amiga products include a UNIX version of the Amiga 2500; an Amiga 2000HD color Desktop Publishing Package; an Amiga 500 Desktop Video Package with the new Videobox peripheral; a 20 MB autoboot expansion drive for the Amiga 500; and a high-resolution color graphics card for the Amiga 2000 family. The additions to the MS-DOS line include new 80386 and 80286 personal computers. The Amiga 2500 UX is a powerful but economically priced UNIX compatible workstation for the government, scientific, engineering and academic markets. It features a UNIX System V compatible operating system and Amiga DOS installed on an 80 MB, 19ms hard drive; an internal 150 MB streamer tape drive; a 14.3 MHz, 32-bit Motorola 68020 processor (upgradeable to 25 MHz); a Memory Management Unit; math co-processor; and 5 MB 32-bit RAM.