New top-notch Amiga is launched with £2,500 price-tag Forget about AmigaDOS 1.4, because AmigaDOS 2.0 has arrived, as hinted by a high-level executive within Commodore. AmigaDOS 2.0 features improved icons, upgraded file locking, improved screen resolution - 640 x 480 productivity mode - and increased task security, so that’s the last you’ll see of the Guru! The new 2.0 windowing interface is also considerably enhanced, offering a higher level of control over the Amiga and considerably faster screen rendering. From what we have seen of Workbench 2.0, the new WIMP system looks rather like a combination of the NeXT and Archimedes desktops. Within the Workstation market, the current big name in operating systems is undoubtedly Unix. Commodore have signed an agreement with Unix licensor AT&T to release the very latest version of Unix (Version 4) in Amiga-compatible form. Commodore are actually the very first company to make this new version available, beating many established Unix vendors. ¦ inch 880k disk drives. Internally, the 3000 offers four new 32-bit Zorro III expansion slots, 1 CPU Cache slot and 1 video expansion slot. The new Zorro slots are downwardly compatible with the current Zorro II slots, allowing the 3000 to take advantage of Amiga 2000 cards. Unlike current Amigas, the A3000 is a true 32-bit machine. Not only does the machine boast a 32-bit processor, but it comes as standard with 2 Mbs of super-fast 32-bit RAM that is split into 1Mb of Chip RAM and 1Mb of Fast RAM. The A3000 board provides space for a further 1Mb of 32-bit Chip RAM and 3Mbs of 32-bit Fast RAM. The machine is also capable of expansion to a total of 16 Mbs of RAM. Impressive stuff! Commodore have just announced the release of their most powerful Amiga yet in the shape of the Amiga 3000.
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