julius@yugas.UUCP (Julius OKLAMCAK) (03/02/88)
Dear Atari ST Enthusiast: Atari Corporation is pleased to annouce its new lost-cost (under $600 U.S.) CD-ROM player for use with its ST line of computers. Capable of reading both data and audio CDs, it connects directly to the ST's high- speed DMA bus. With the appropriate adapter card, the same CD-ROM player connects to IBM PCs and compatibles. The ST series of computers is currently one of the best-selling computers in Europe, and is increasingly popular in the United States and Canada. With its high resolution display, friendly user interface, and the massive data storage of a CD-ROM player, the ST is an ideal low cost workstation. A CD extended BIOS is being developed to provide ST applications with a standard interface to the CD-ROM player command set. In the future, Compact Disk Operating Systems will become available for emerging CD-ROM standards (such as High Sierra Group format). Join us in supporting this revoluntionary product. The Atari CDAR504 OPTOFILE(tm) ROM player will be available for software development in March of 1988. Product release is scheduled for the second quarter of 1988. Note that there is no need to wait for CD-ROM players to arrive - application development and coding can start right now. We are interested in working with your company to introduce software to the large installed ST user base, and to insure compatibility of our products with yours. We also look forward to exploring possibilities in the MS-DOS world with our line of PC compatibles. For more developer information about the Atari CD-ROM player, contact me at the address below. Julius Oklamcak UUCP: julius@yugas.UUCP Atari (Canada) Corp. CIS: 70007,1070 90 Gough Rd. GEnie: J.OKLAMCAK Markham, ON Phone: (416) 479-1266 L3R 5V5