amiga-news.de - AmiWest 2001: first information in advance (update 2)

28.Jul.2001
Dirk Baeyens (email)

AmiWest 2001: first information in advance (update 2)
For the time being the AmiWest 2001 Amiga show is taking place in Sacramento (California). According first information AmigaOS for PPC, AmigaOS for x86 and AmigaOne hardware for November 2001 were announced. Detailed press material is said to follow until Wednesday.

Further details can be taken from this (completely uncut) AmiWest IRC log. As always has UGN made the resources for IRC chats during the show available. Also the obligatoric WebCam of UGN is already working, though the time shift has to be taken into account.

Here are three pictures Dirk Baeyens has taken from the WebCam last night:

Update:
Christoph Meier found the following article at Amiga.org by ´TB´ in which, next to known details like the announcement of the AmigaOS for PPC, AmigaOS for x86 and AmigaOne hardware for November 2001, the following new details can be found, too:

AmiWest News Roundup

3 Sharp devices including a Cellphone
Possible Game Boy Advanced type system, but better.
6Ghz Equiv design for 3rd party (The info on this is vauge at best)
Various new content deals
SHEEP preview with-in 90 days

This information is as accurate as we can get it until Amiga posts the news themselves.

Update 2:

Christoph Meier further posted the following message from amiga.org on ANF, which we give as complete orignal here, since amiga.org is not accessible at the time being:

Heres the latest information from the show. There is little information but I will try and add more as it becomes available.

AmigaOS PPC - Nov 1st 2001.
AmigaOS x86 - Nov 1st 2001 (Demo'ed Live. Played Quake, Ran ImageFX, AIBB (Cel 500 vs 4K060) LineTest 162x Faster, Instuction 143x, WritePixel 804x, Matrix 316x, Sieve 1118x).
AmigaOne (Needs 1200) - Nov 1st 2001.
3 Sharp devices including a Cellphone.
Psion netBook deal (The netBook is a business device, not consumer. As far as Amiga is aware, the deal is still on).
Series Zero (We think this is a game pack, 5 games per pack.).
Merlancia have rights to the Walker and MCC designs.
Possible Game Boy Advanced type system, but better. Aiming for 200Mhz, Sub 200USD, Xmas release.
6 Ghz Equiv computer design for 3rd party (The info on this is vauge at best).
Deal with one of the worlds largest wireless carriers in next 90 days.
Various new content deals coming soon.
Targets - 10Million unit over the next 12 Months, 30Million in the following 12months.
SHEEP preview with-in 90 days
AmigaDE Content Network. Will supply content for those who have the PartyPack and DE in the future.

This information is as accurate as we can get it until Amiga posts the news themselves. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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