cmartin@ugly.cs.ubc.ca (clemens martin 45578887) (12/16/88)
A couple of days ago I found two articles in a local computer paper 'The Computer Paper, Vol. 1, No 11. Dec 88', which were quite interesting. The first one reads: > Atari Confirms ST Plus > Slough, Bershire (NB) - Atari UK has confirmed the existence of the ST Plus, > as reported in last weeks NEWSBYTES UK. In addition, the company has revealed > that a sub L (pound) 100,00 ST console (an ST minus keyboard) will be shipped > in the UK early next year. > According to the latest COMPUTERTRADE WEEKLY newspaper, the ST Plus, as the > Super ST has been officially named , will be shipped in limited quantities to > UK developers towards the end of this month. NEWSBYTES UK's US sources have > also confirmed that the ST Plus is bases around the Motorola 68020 micro- > processor and not the 68030 chip, as was previously thought. > On the ST console front meanwhile, Bob Gleadow, Atari's UK managing director > is quoted as preferring not to say to much on the console's specifications, > for fear of upsetting a pre - Christmas campaign in the UK aiming to push the > old VCS and XE games consoles systems. The second article mentions a 68030 worstation to be revealed at COMDEX, running UNIX, not supporting TOS. Since I missed the nets postings on the COMDEX> Was there a machine like that? Has anybody seen a 68020 ST? Does this machine exist? How much will it be? Can Atari US confirm these articles, or at least disclaim that they ever said something like that. Any comments on this will be greatly appreciated. Clemens Martin.
good@atari.UUCP (Roy Good) (12/17/88)
in article <222@ubc-cs.UUCP>, cmartin@ugly.cs.ubc.ca (clemens martin 45578887) says: > > > A couple of days ago I found two articles in a local computer paper 'The > Computer Paper, Vol. 1, No 11. Dec 88', which were quite interesting. > > The first one reads: >> Atari Confirms ST Plus >> Slough, Bershire (NB) - Atari UK has confirmed the existence of the ST Plus, >> as reported in last weeks NEWSBYTES UK. In addition, the company has revealed >> that a sub L (pound) 100ST console (an ST minus keyboard) will be shipped >> in the UK early next year. >> According to the latest COMPUTERTRADE WEEKLY newspaper, the ST Plus, as the >> Super ST has been officially named , will be shipped in limited quantities to >> UK developers towards the end of this month. NEWSBYTES UK's US sources have >> also confirmed that the ST Plus is bases around the Motorola 68020 micro- >> processor and not the 68030 chip, as was previously thought. >> On the ST console front meanwhile, Bob Gleadow, Atari's UK managing director >> is quoted as preferring not to say to much on the console's specifications, >> for fear of upsetting a pre - Christmas campaign in the UK aiming to push the >> old VCS and XE games consoles systems. > > The second article mentions a 030 worstation to be revealed at COMDEX, running > UNIX, not supporting TOS. > Since I missed the nets postings on the COMDEX> Was there a machine like that? > Has anybody seen a 68020 ST? Does this machine exist? How much will it be? > Can Atari US confirm these articles, or at least disclaim that they ever said > something like that. > Any comments on this will be greatly appreciated. > Clemens Martin. All I can say is what I've said many times before: Don't believe anything you read in the press! Believe your own eyes - when you actually see a picture and review of the subject product. This applies to ANY company, not just Atari! I sometimes think some reporters get a bit bored, so they take 10% of each of their last 10 conversations, not necessarily with Atari, and consolidate them into a "new product specification". Then they go to their random vendor generator to find a name to attach to it! [ :-) ] As I have said before, I promise we will make formal product announcements on this and other nets when a product is shippable for at least alpha or beta/developer use. A very Merry Christmas to all our readers (this, you CAN believe!) Roy Good/Atari