COMMODORE INTRODUCES
 THE AMIGA(R) 2000HD

 HIGH-POWERED AMIGA 2000 FEATURES
 PRE-CONFIGURED 40 MB HARD DISK, HARD
 DISK CONTROLLER AND FILE MANAGEMENT
 SYSTEM.

 LAS VEGAS, NOVEMBER 14, 1988 --
 COMMODORE BUSINESS MACHINES, INC.
 Today introduced the Amiga 2000HD to
 address the needs of the professional
 amiga user. This extension of the
 Amiga series, builds on the Amiga 2000
 base unit which comes standard with 1
 MB of RAM and a single 3.5-inch floppy
 disk drive. Specific Amiga 2000HD
 enhancements include a pre-configured,
 high-performance 40 MB hard disk
 drive; the 2090a autoboot hard disk
 controller; and Kickstart V. 1.3 and
 Workbench(tm) V. 1.3 system software.

 "We developed the Amiga 2000HD in
 response to demands from the Amiga
 network of dealers and professional
 users who wanted to sell or purchase a
 pre-configured machine built and
 supported by Commodore," said Joel
 Shusterman, Commodore Vice President
 of Marketing. Key professional
 applications of the Amiga machines
 include: video titling, color desktop
 publishing and computer-aided
 design/graphics.

 The new computer's 40 MB hard disk
 drive has an average access time of
 28 milliseconds and the A2090A hard
 disk controller contains both ST-506
 and SCSI interfaces with buffered
 direct memory access for high speed
 burst data transfer. The ROM-installed
 Kickstart V. 1.3 provides autoboot for
 the hard disk and Workbench V. 1.3
 features a new fast filing system that
 provides up to 20 times performance
 increase for both reads and writes.

 There is also an expanded library of
 printer drivers and print control
 functions that include control of
 density, dithering, color correction
 and anti-aliasing. The Amiga 2000HD
 features an easy-to-use install disk
 which automatically re-installs the
 system software should the need arise.

 The open architecture of the Commodore
 Amiga allows extnesive internal
 expansion with multi-processor,
 multi-DOS options. Contained in the
 Amiga 2000HD are seven full-size
 internal expansion slots which include
 a combination of Amiga, standard PC
 XT/AT and dual purpose slots; a CPU
 expansion slot and a video expansion
 slot.

 In addition, the Amiga 2000HD features
 custom sound, animation and graphics
 chips, a detachable 94-key keyboard
 with separate numeric keypad, ten
 function keys and a two button
 optomechanical mouse.

 The Commodore Amiga 2000HD will be
 available through authorized Commodore
 Amiga dealers and has a suggested
 retail price of $2,999.

 The Amiga 2000HD is part of
 Commodore's complete line of
 graphics-oriented personal computers.
 In addition to the Amiga, Commodore
 also manufactures the MS-DOS
 compatible Professional Series
 III and the Commodore Colt(tm)
 computers. The Commodore(r) 64 and
 Commodore 128 have an installed user
 base of over ten million worldwide.