tomas@m2cs.uu.no (Tomas Felner) (08/31/89)
In the anouncements in German magazines for the Duesseldorf fair everybody
mentioned "Atari TT and ...". Nobody was allowed to reveal what "..."
actually was, but it was said that it is worth going to the fair only to
see "...". Can anybody from Germany tell us what the secret was (or
maybe still is :-) ) ??
Tomas
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N-0461 Oslo 4, Norway | FAX: +47 2 356448roeder@sbsvax.UUCP (Edgar Roeder) (09/01/89)
In article <228@m2cs.uu.no>, tomas@m2cs.uu.no (Tomas Felner) writes: > In the anouncements in German magazines for the Duesseldorf fair everybody > mentioned "Atari TT and ...". Nobody was allowed to reveal what "..." > actually was, but it was said that it is worth going to the fair only to > see "...". Can anybody from Germany tell us what the secret was (or > maybe still is :-) ) ?? > It's a new version of the good old 1040 ST called 1040 ST E. It has a newer and faster TOS version (if i remember correctly they say it's TOS 1.6 - don't ask me about 1.5). - Disks formatted with this version are compatible to MS-DOS. - You have 16 Colors out of 4096, - stereo sound, - two new controller-ports on the left side where you can plug in light guns or paddles (you can also get 4 additional joystick ports with adapters). The machine looks like an ordinary 1040 ST. > Tomas > -- - Edgar
exspes@gdr.bath.ac.uk (P E Smee) (09/02/89)
The ... *probably* refers to the machine being called the 'STE' or 'ST-E' in the computer press (though Atari may need to change that name, apparently, as Popular Computing Weekly says that 'STE' is also the name of an 8-bit bus standard). The 'STE' is an 'enhanced' ST -- primarily in supporting added video modes (including a 4096-colour palette mode) and in having builtin stereo sound. In other words, sounds like it is intended totally as an Amiga-basher. In most other respects it is just like the current ST's. Atari Germany say that the base STE will be a 1 Meg machine. Atari UK are saying the base STE will be 1/2 Meg. Have to wait and see. It is packaged in a single-unit case like the 520's and 1040's, rather than separate boxes like the Megas. Other details are still a bit thin, but maybe someone can expend on this. -- Paul Smee | JANET: Smee@uk.ac.bristol Computer Centre | BITNET: Smee%uk.ac.bristol@ukacrl.bitnet University of Bristol | Internet: Smee%uk.ac.bristol@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (Phone: +44 272 303132) | UUCP: ...!mcvax!ukc!gdr.bath.ac.uk!exspes
tomas@m2cs.uu.no (Tomas Felner) (09/02/89)
roeder@sbsvax.UUCP (Edgar Roeder) writes: >It's a new version of the good old 1040 ST called 1040 ST E. >It has a newer and faster TOS version (if i remember correctly they say it's >TOS 1.6 - don't ask me about 1.5). TOS 1.6 ??? 1.4 is not even officialy out yet and people start talking about 1.6 ? Does anybody know details ? Can I use it in a normal ST/Mega ? Any comments from Atari ? Ken ? Tomas -- Tomas Felner Modula-2 CASE Systems AS | Internet: tomas@m2cs.uu.no Maridalsveien 139 | Phone: +47 2 379784 N-0461 Oslo 4, Norway | FAX: +47 2 356448
mboen@nixpbe.UUCP (Martin Boening) (09/04/89)
tomas@m2cs.uu.no (Tomas Felner) writes: > .... >see "...". Can anybody from Germany tell us what the secret was (or >maybe still is :-) ) ?? >Tomas The '...' was the Atari 1040 STE, an extended 1040ST with improved graphics, improved sound, improved TOS and so on, and so forth I don't have the specs handy at the moment. Maybe somebodey else could supply those. In my opinion the STE is intended as a games-machine. Why? Because it can be extended to have up to 6 Joystick ports. Hope this helps Martin -- Email: in the USA -> ...!uunet!philabs!linus!nixbur!mboening.pad outside USA -> {...!mcvax}!unido!nixpbe!mboening.pad Paper Mail: Martin Boening, Nixdorf Computer AG, DS-CC22, Pontanusstr. 55, 4790 Paderborn, W.-Germany
VBRANDT@DBNUAMA1.BITNET (09/12/89)
In Info-Atari16 Digest #444, mcsun!sunic!ifi!m2cs.uu.no!tomas@uunet.uu.net (Tomas Felner) asks: >roeder@sbsvax.UUCP (Edgar Roeder) writes: >>It's a new version of the good old 1040 ST called 1040 ST E. >>It has a newer and faster TOS version (if i remember correctly they say it's >>TOS 1.6 - don't ask me about 1.5). > >TOS 1.6 ??? 1.4 is not even officialy out yet and people start talking >about 1.6 ? Does anybody know details ? Can I use it in a normal ST/Mega ? >Any comments from Atari ? Ken ? No, you can't use TOS 1.6 in your ST/Mega. The ST/Megas have sockets for 192 KB ROM, whereas TOS 1.6 is 256 KB (actually, only about 220 KB are used). TOS 1.6 contains support for the additional features of the ST/E, such as the increased graphics resolution, sound output etc. Also, the !@#$%& line F traps are finally removed. Sorry that I can't say more but I haven't taken a closer look at it yet. BTW: There will not be a TOS 1.5 since ATARI increases the minor TOS version number by 2 in each new release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bitnet: VBRANDT@DBNUAMA1 (will go away late '89) Volker A. Brandt UNM409@DBNRHRZ1 (soon) Angewandte Mathematik UUCP: ...!unido!DBNUAMA1.bitnet!vbrandt (Bonn, West Germany) ARPAnet: VBRANDT%DBNUAMA1.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU