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COMMODORE SCHOOLS CATALOGUE
By Mitch Reynolds
I was helping out at school recntly in our computer rooms and we were
tidying up. I noticed that there was an old Commodore Schools
Catalogue (and you thought that the Amiga was never pushed as an
education platform). So I quickly swiped it and bunged it in my
back. I though that it may be of interest so I have retyped some
of it, just for you!
INTRODUCTION
For more than thirty years Commodore has been developing an enviable
reputation for the production of business machines which are both innovative
and value for money. Today, Commodore is the second largest computer
manufacturer in western Europe ( Boo Hoo! - Mitch). In 1987 Commodore UK
made a conscious decision to commit itself to education and liaised directly
with relevant educational bodies (DES, LEAs and techers) in order to create
products which were ideal for use in education.
A Primary advisory panel was developed in 1989 to identify the strengths and
weakness in both software and hardware. A team of independant Regional
Education Consultants - all ex-teachers - started visiting schools to
demonstrate hos the Commodore solutions could be used as teaching aids in
the class room.
The wide range of products and solutions offered by Commodore bridges the
gap between industry, school and the home: MS-DOS PCs for business
applications; Amiga computers for creative applications such as art and
music; and CDTV, the TRUE multimedia machine. Peripherals such as special
needs accesories, networks, training and on-going support are all part of
the quality solutions Commodore is able to offer at cost-effective prices.
Stephen Franklin
Managing Director, Commodore Business Machines (UK) Ltd.
--COMMODORE COMPUTERS-- CASE STUDIES
Feltham Community School, MIDDX
Feltham Community School identified a need for a computer that was easy
enough for every one to operate and yet robust enough to survive over one
thousand pupils passing througj in one school year. Tony Loughlin, head of
business as the school said, "We asked ourselves a question - what do we
want? What will do the best job?". The computer room now has 27 networked
Amigas, led by Tony Loughlin, the students and teachers are encouraged to
use Amigas and PCs across all curriculum areas, from geography to business
studies. "An added benefit of the Amiga", said Tony Loughlin, "is that it
is an affordable high street machine that many pupils have at home and are
therefor able to do their homework on them and just bring the disk into
school".
Blake School, Bridgewater
Mel Petty, IT coodinator at Blake School in Somerset had to meet certain
requirements when searching for school computers. They needed to have good
graphic capabilites, to be cost effective, user friendly and also available
through highstreet dealers. The Commodore Amiga 500 computer fitted the
bill. The effect in the classes at Blake School was immediate. Groups of
pupils with mixed abilities were all comfortable with the machines, whilst
pupils with reading and writing difficulties found a whole new mediium in
which to express themselfves. Pupils could work at their own pace and share
problems with each other and this encourages interactive communication
skills. Used in art and design, the Amigas have helped each pupil with a
range of cognitive skills and have accelarated the devlopment learning
process. Mel believes the most important aspect is that the pupils use the
Amiga as a tool, in much the same way as a paint brush, but they use it with
much more of a discerning eye and with an ability to ease which knows no
bounds.
--COMMODORE COMPUTERS-- THE RANGE
Amiga 500
Motorola 68000 8Mhz processor, 1M RAM, 880K Internal Floppy Disk Drive,
Serial, Parallel, Mouse, Joystick, Stereo Audio, RGB Analouge and digital
and composite video ports plus peripheral Expransion port. Amiga DOS 1.3.
Amiga 2000
Motorola 68000, 8Mhz, 1M RAM, 880K Floppy Disk Drive, Serial, Parallel,
Mouse, Joystick, Stereo Audio, RGB Analouge digital and composite video
output, plus peripheral expansion port, AmigaDOS and 40M hard disk.
Amiga 3000
Motorola 68030 25 Mhz, 1M RAM, 880K Floppy drive serial, parallel, mouse,
joystick, stereo audio, RGB analouge, digital and composite video ports,
plus additional peripheral expansion ports. Amiga DOS 2.00 Available
with 50M/100 M Hard Disk.
CDTV
As A500 with MIDI interface, infra red remote control and CD-ROM drive
(660M).
**Then there are lots of PCS - Mitch
There then are a lot more pages covering CBM Amiga and PC software. I just
though that this may interest some people.
Mitch
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