The company's revolutionary new pmier multimedia computer. The Amiga 4000 marks the company’s most significant new technology advancement in its Amiga line since I the product's introduction in 1985. In addition to the Amiga 4000, Commodore announced several other significant product introductions including AmigaDOS Release 3 Operating System, and AmigaVislon Professional Authoring System. James Dionne. President and General Manager ol Commodore Business Machines. Inc.. commented: These product announcements exemplify Commodore's continued commitment to offer computers with probably the best pnce performance ratios in the computer industry today We are confident that these products, particularly the Amiga 4000. Will keep Commodore at the forefront of multimedia technology and enable us to continue our aggressive push in the multimedia marketplace AMIGA 4000 This powerful new machine features Commodore's Advanced Graphics Architecture custom co-processor chip set that enables users to display and animate graphics in multiple resolutions at up to 256,000 colours from a palette of 16.8 million. The new hardware features are driven by AmigaDOS Release 3. The newest version of Commodore's multitasking operating system, in combination with the machine's main processor, the Motorola 68040. While this new version of the operating system takes advantage of the latest hardware features, it also main tains backwards compatibility with Amiga software not written specifically for the Amiga 4000. The Amiga 4000 will come standard with a 120MB hard drive. 6MB of memory, a dual speed high-density floppy drive, and CrossDOS which enables users to read and write to MS- DOS formatted floppy and hard drives. Other key multimedia features indude: a dedicated slot for video devices: selectable NTSC scan rate compatibility: four voice dual-channel digital audio: up to 8 sprites, enabling high speed animations: and full hardware video overscan. The Manufacturer's Suggested List Price for the Amiga 4000-040 120 is $ 3699.00. AMIGADOS RELEASE 3 The newest version of the Amiga operating system adds several software enhancements to the previous 2.04 operating system Among the new features are: CrossDOS. Allowing access to MS-DOS formatted floppy and hard drives: a new Installer utility: and a Postscript printer driver Additionally. AmigaDOS Release 3.0 offers full support for the new Advanced Graphics Architecture chip set featured in the Amiga 4000.