juancho@dgp.toronto.edu (John Buchanan) (04/19/88)
In the Budapest trade show Atari did not reveal the long awaited
Atari TT. They were not able to show the machine because of export
restrictions placed on them by the US govt.
The machine was held in the development stage because of an
undisclosed disagreement with Motorola. This disagreement allows Atari
to trade unused 68000 chips for the new 88000 RISC chip. The TT-88
features full compatibility with all existing ST software.
A game playing version which features 2600 compatibility will be
available for the Christmas season. A standard feature of this system is a
light pistol. (Users of 2600 systems will not have to purchase a new pistol
since full compatibility is assured. :-).
Research Digital and Atari are rumoured to be implementing a version
of Helios which ensures full compatibility with the yet to be decommited ABAQ
machine (and not inconsequentially, AmigaDOS).
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