bryan@ihnet.UUCP (b. k. delaney) (05/17/85)
From the May 13, 1985 issue of Electronic Engineering Times: To critics who maintain that there is no "true" home-computer market, Tramiel responded that "maybe there is none, but still, it's undeniable that personal computers are going into the home." Tramiel's strategy to penetrate the home appears to be based on positioning his machines as high-quality or futuristic educational tools. He Claims that the same sort of educational investments that parents make in getting violin lessons, or specialized education for their children, apply to personal computers as well. ... Tramiel said the company would demonstrate a $499 CD-ROM optical disk drive for the system next month, using some components supplied by N.V. Philips of the Netherlands. Atari will manufacture the drive with shipments in August. "We will help the industry deliver a complete CD-ROM encyclopedia that takes up a fraction of the size of the equivalent number of books," said Tramiel. "We will off the dictionaries of the world, in all major languages." ihuxf!bryan