Number of Open Amiga expansion slots with hard disk drive and 8MB Fast memory installed. 5 3 4 Allows user to start with low-cost A2O0O Amiga system and grow ali the way to 50Mhz 68030 performance without sacrificing anything. Y N H Brand name vendor with solid reputation. Y Y Y Fully implements 68030 Burst Mode up to 33Mhz. Y N N IMPACT and C5VP are trademarks ol Great Valley Products. Inc, Amrga, A2O0O and A3000 are registered trademarks ol Commoddre-Amiga. Inc. UNIX rsa registered trademark ol AT&T, Inc. GREAT VALLEY PRODUCTS INC. New Address: 600 Clark Ave., King of Prussia, PA 19406 For more information, or for nearest dealer, call today. Dealer inquiries welcome. CHIEF CONCERNS Commodore has changed. The market has changed. And the Amiga has changed. What a difference a year makes! When I joined Amiga World 12 months ago, 1 rediscovered a great machine and jumped into a floundering market. Commodore s technology was still largely superior, but was on the verge of staleness. With Apple, IBM, and other overpriced computer makers on the move, the situation seemed a bit desperate. My, how things have changed. Commodore has changed. The market has changed. And the Amiga has changed. Those who have followed the tribulations of Commodore’s upper management probably gave Harry Copperman no more than six months in the hot seat before someone pulled the plug. But this Commodore prez has made wholesale changes to the Commodore executive team and the company’s attitude. Even were Copperman to depart, his team and vision would still be very much in place. Based on what he has done so far, I’d say his job is plenty secure. But let’s face it. The Amiga stili has not set the world on fire. In fact, the overall market is still dangerously lethargic. What has changed is that for the first time since its launch, the machine is positioned for real growth. And for the very first time ever, the market is ready for a machine like the Amiga. Here’s why. Without losing sight of the crazy, energetic user base that made the Amiga successful, Commodore is lunging at the fertile corporate market. It is doing this primarily in two ways. For one, the Amiga with Unix is a workstation. It is just less costly than most. For another, the Amiga is a perfect multimedia creation system with either AmigaVision or a number of authoring programs. Now J haven’t exactly done empirical research, but 1 know a lot of you still tfiink that Commodore is staffed with a hunch of lame-brained, lazy, good-for- nothing, unsavory and undistinguished employees, .And the reason for this opinion is that they have yet to solve your specific problem. You didn’t get your call answered. You didn't see the TV ads. Your system crashed. Believe me, I feel for you. But you are missing the point. These guys inherited a list of problems a mile long. They can only address a quarter-mile at a time, and have only solved a hundred yards’ z worth. For those with problems still existing, this is not a big deal. But for the overall market, it is very big indeed. The Amiga has also made several technologic leaps in the last few months. CDTV, the A3000, AmigaVision, and the the Video Toaster (probably shipping as I write) all tilt the playing field in our favor. Each of these products can create new markets and new applications. The biggest difference is that the market has changed. People never cared before about the wild stuff that we do on Amigas. But with the big boys putting millions into their latest buzzword, multi- media, we’re getting great free P.R. So why let up now? The amazing thing about this market is that we have the power to make changes. That is because people are now interested in what we do. The Editor in Chief of Computer- world recently told me (complained, actually) that lie was getting five letters a day from Amiga users.