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From: phil@ingr.com (Phil Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Well the rumor I heard....
Message-ID: <6658@ingr.com>
Date: 28 Sep 89 22:49:18 GMT
References: <2837UD158339@NDSUVM1> <125372@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <4315@wpi.wpi.edu> <299@cs.nps.navy.mil>
Reply-To: phil@ingr.UUCP (Phil Johnson)
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, Al
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In article <299@cs.nps.navy.mil> schweige@cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger X2502) writes:
>Regarding a low cost HP workstation, earlier this month HP announced the
>Apollo Series 2500, priced at $3390.  It was announced as using a 68030, comes
>with 4 megabyets of internal memory, and a monochrome monitor.  According to the
>Associated Press story I saw, it is not capable of displaying color graphics.

The Apollo Series 2500 has the following features:

1.  MC68030/20Mhz  cpu         MC68882/20Mhz Coprocessor  
2.  4 Megabytes Ram (expandable to 16 MB)
3.  100 Megbyte SCSI harddisk -- SCSI support for up to seven devices
4.  15 inch, 1024x800, 76 Hz non-interlaced, monochromatic display
5.  3- RS232 serial ports
6.  OSF/MOTIF compliant low profile keyboard, 32 programmable func. keys, 
    numeric keypad, and a Mouse 
7.  You choice of LANs : IEEE802.3, Apollo Token ring, or IBM Token ring

shipping Q4, 1989

  8-{)
    (For those who are unfamilar with token ring, it is 12 hippies in a circle)
  8-{)

price: $5,490       38% educational discount available

Series 2500 with 200 MB disk and 19 inch 1280x1024 mono display; $8,495.

Target application: tech. Pubs, office automation, database, CASE, 2D CAD.

You can bet that by the end of Q1 1990, a color version will be available.
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I do not think HP will buy the Amiga when they are putting out low-end 
workstations like this.  Especially when Commodore and their people do not
want to consider the Amiga moving into the personal workstation market, such
as Macs and AT.  Before everyone begins to light their blowtorches; Dave H.
responded to my fantasy of an MC 68040-based machine with a slap on my wrist
for confusing what the Amiga was and what a workstation is.  WAKEUP PEOPLE!
The Amiga, with a little more imagination and a hell of alot more Commodore
backing, can easily move into the personal workstation market.  The
engineering to do this is NOT that difficult.

Before I get flamed as another screwy idealist I state: My job is research
and product planning for the low-end workstation markets.  I know where from
I speak.

OFF-the-SOAP-box.



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