t68@nikhefh.UUCP (03/14/87)
Today I saw a 2.5 Megabyte 260ST. The original 260 was expanded with a board that was put in without soldering and that contained the extra 2 Mbytes. I was told there were definitely less than 64 chips ( probably about 16 --> megabits ) and that the package costs around DM1200 ( about $600 ). It comes from a company named Weide Electronics. ( I don't know the address yet ). I was also told that you can only upgrade if you don't have a 1 Mbyte Atari or you will have to remove one memory bank. Looks like maybe not everybody will have to buy the MegaST immediately, although I must admit that the MegaST looks very pretty. The one at Hannover was equipped with a blitter chip and it was said that that is the standard. T68@NIKHEFH.UUCP ( Jos Vermaseren )
UD040164@NDSUVM1.BITNET.UUCP (05/08/87)
Received: by NDSUVM1 (Mailer X1.23) id 0758; Fri, 08 May 87 00:38:38 CDT Date: Fri, 8 May 1987 00:34 CDT From: a.d. jensen <UD040164@NDSUVM1> Subject: Upgrades (good news ?) To: <INFO-ATARI16@SCORE.STANFORD.EDU> A buddy of mine called up Atari on an unrelated thing, and asked whoever he was talking to what the status of the Blitter was. What a surprise... According to this 'source', 520 (that's all he asked about) owners will be able to buy an upgrade that has: A) Blitter (with new ROM) B) 1 meg upgrade C) Nicad internal clock The price she said? $150. If this is true, this is the thing that Atari needs to get some of us crabs off their backs. My check will be in the mail 20 minutes after I hear that 'its time to send in for it.' If anyone at Atari has comments, I'd sure like to hear them... dale
870646c@aucs.UUCP (barry comer) (11/20/87)
Keywords:Alice, Assempro, MegaMax C Has there been any upgrades to the following programs in the last 6 months? Assempro(bugs in the editor) MegaMax C(they stated that there were upgrading in the mags.) Alice(comes with a free upgrade card, also they mentioned a compiler??) If anyone has any info on these products could they post it to the net for the benifit(?) of all. thanx Barry