On October 24th, 1997, Amiga International announced that they had granted a licence to DCE Computer Service GmbH allowing the manufacture and distribution of their own range of Amiga motherboards and computers. According to DCE Computer Service GmbH, based in Oberhausen, Germany, they have developed a "new advanced board based on Amiga A4000." These products will be sold under the "Powered by Amiga" logo and developed in conjunction with Power Computing. The newly developed board is based around the standard ATX modular design, as well as MPEG and Zorro 2/3 components. Petro Tyschtschenko, President of Amiga International, Inc, claimed this was yet another milestone for the future of our Amiga technology. Their current developments are shrouded in mystery since the World of Amiga show, 1998 when it was announced that the A5000 had been dropped. However, they are currently working on an unknown Amiga project that could be even better.
The A6000 from DCE and Power Computing is an Amiga designed too look good. It uses a standard PC ATX case and acts as a compromise between the A1200 and A4000. It is based upon a modular Amiga motherboard designed as the basis of a range of Amiga systems catering for all markets. The A5000`s feature list includes:
DCE Computer Service GmbH was founded 1987 in Oberhausen, Germany. The Service Company is wholly owned by Thomas Dellert. The company started as a service shop for wholesale dealer and consumer markets. Since then it has became one of the leading available Amiga repair shops. In 1993, Commodore nominated DCE to the European Amiga Repair Service Centre. Since that time, DCE has been in charge of the Amiga Service. In 1995, DCE began working on developments and productions to make the Amiga expandable. Several successful tests in Amiga Magazines have furnished the proof of high efficiency of the goods produced by DCE. The consequent development of their own products underlines the position of DCE as an innovative company, which has the opinion that a successful future can only be achieved by the permanent seek of the optimum and by market adaptation of their own products. Currently DCE has 12 employees, and it is one of DCE's fundamental policies to support them with further technical education.
DCE Computer Service GmbH,
Kellenbergstr.
19 A 46145 Oberhausen,
Germany
Phone: +49 208 660673
Fax: +49 208 630496
WWW: http://www.dcecom.de/html/index.html
E-Mail: dce@ruhr-net.de
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The A5000 - a system that was being developed by DCE but was never released.