UK14@DKAUNI2.BITNET ("O. Steinmeier") (03/29/90)
A few days ago someone asked for news from the CeBIT-fair in Hannover/West Germany. I've been there last saturday. Here are some impressions: The TT and the UNIX-TT have been presented by ATARI. They told me that they will start delivering the TOS-machine in June, the UNIX- machine will be available next fall. Developers can get their machines in May. But don't forget: That's what ATARI told me, so let's hope the best. The battery-problem of the laptop Stacy hasn't been solved. Tempus Word (a new textprocessor from the author of Tempus) will not be available until sommer. Someone told me that the announced delta-module (80386SX-emulator) will never be delivered ... Vortex, a German harddisk-distributor, announced an AT-emulator, based on a 8-mhz-80286. The board which I saw in Hannover has about the same size as the PC-SPEED-board (no slots, no co-processor!). Vortex says the ATonce-board (that's the name) is 35% faster than a 8-mhz-V30-computer (it's not allowed to compare products in ads in Germany, so they didn't name the PC SPEED/Supercharger). The ATonce-board has to be soldered on the 68000 and will cost less then DM 500 (< $250). A small German company showed a ST-emulator for the Commodore Amiga - and it works! Most of the standard-software is running nearly as fast as on a real ST. The QUICK INDEX benchmark reported a performance of 93 - 98 percent. The price: about 600 DM (< $300). The 'medusa'-emulator will be available in April for the Amiga 2000, a version for the smaller Amiga 500 a bit later. You have to use the original TOS, which is not included with the emulator board. But you get a program which reads the ATARI-ROMs and saves the OS on a disk. The medusa-board can emulate the STE, so perhaps it is the fastest way to get a STE in the US to buy an Amiga and install the medusa-module ... (just a joke !?). I hope that all these news are correct (especially the dates and prices). Oliver Steinmeier (uk14@dkauni2.bitnet) Waldhornstr. 4-8 D-7500 Karlsruhe 1 ++49-721-377892
mitsolid@acf5.NYU.EDU (Thanasis Mitsolides) (03/30/90)
/* acf5:comp.sys.atari.st / UK14@DKAUNI2.BITNET ("O. Steinmeier") / 5:13 pm Mar 28, 1990 */
> The TT and the UNIX-TT have been presented by ATARI. They told me
> that they will start delivering the TOS-machine in June, the UNIX-
> machine will be available next fall. Developers can get their
> machines in May. But don't forget: That's what ATARI told me, so
Any idea how much they would cost?
The price seems to be a secret.
Is it that they don't want to hurt ST sales?
Or is it that thr price is not good?
As far as I can tell the unix box wont be competitive unless it costs
less than $2000 with 4Mb RAM, 40Mb Hard disk and Color monitor.
(without the software (unix))
Thanasis