grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins) (01/12/87)
In article <354@oliveb.UUCP> ses@oliveb.UUCP (Dean Brunette) writes: > >OK, here's a rumor that can have deep implications on the ST community: > >Atari will be showing/announcing a new machine at CES. It will not be a new >ST, and it will not be 68020 based machine. What it will be is an IBM clone, >running MS-DOS and all the software associated with the IBM family. This is >NOT the IBM box for the ST!! > >This could be both good for Atari and bad for the ST... Yeah, it's true, an Atari PC clone, to be available for sale in April. It includes built in EGA/Herc/etc graphics and 4.77/8Mhz switchable processor. Built in expansion 'capability' with box 'to follow'. Includes mouse. List to be $699.99 including multi-sync monochrome monitor. Looks a lot prettier than the Amstrad and Radio Shack equivalents... More interesting is a new 'mega-ST' with a detached keyboard. Comes with battery backup-clock and 1-4 meg. The press release says it includes the new blitter chip, although it wasn't mentioned in the blurbs in the booth. Also supposed to be some kind of expansion bus, but nothing visible on the unit. Perhaps they finally broke down and added a read/write line to the cartridge port? Also shown was a Canon printer mechanism being directly driven by the new ST. Supposed to be chaep as it connects to the DMA connnector and requires no internal processor board. Also lots of booth space devoted to game consoles. -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)
trudel@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Jonathan D.) (01/14/87)
So, the big question is: What did Commodore have at the show? -- Real net users let other people find the reply path.
daveh@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Dave Haynie) (01/20/87)
> Keywords: IBM > > So, the big question is: > > What did Commodore have at the show? Commodore showed C128s, C64s, PClones (including the new PC-40 AT Clone), and Amigas. The big difference was that the Commodore booth showed the hardware and software that's really available today, for the most part. And they showed real applications. Only one Amiga was showing games, while over in the Atari booth it appeared that they had just about one or two STs NOT showing games. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Haynie {caip,ihnp4,allegra,seismo}!cbmvax!daveh "You can keep my things, they've come to take me home" -Peter Gabriel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~