pete@utgpu.UUCP (03/08/87)
Hi everybody, I would like to thank the guys at Atari for the recent bunch of postings. We very much appreciate your contributions. I also would like to heartily commend them on the proposal for the design of the 68020 box. I, like many others, waited anxiously to see what that "other" company would announce with their new machines. BUT after seeing the price of the "Tan Toaster II" (over $9000 Canadian) I quickly gave up on them ever getting thier prices realistic. I would like to ask a couple of questions, out of interest, and so that we may quelch the certain plethora of rumours to come: 1. Any guestimate (And I expect netters to treat it that way) of an arrival date? 2. Processor speed? Memory? Are the designs final? 3. Most important, how many bucks? Will the average person be able to afford the beast? I will certainly not ask what un*x system it will use, since that has obviously not been decided. Am I right in assuming that a Un*x windowing environment (GEM?) will be resident in the 1040? And that the 68020 box will serve as a "raw horsepower" machine? With the blitter, this makes a lot of sence. Again, thanks for the info, I realise that you probably won't be able to answer many of these questions for marketing/development reasons. Pete Santangeli pete@utgpu
leavens@atari.UUCP (Alex Leavens) (03/09/87)
in article <1987Mar7.232932.23308@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>, pete@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Peter Santangeli) says: > 1. Any guestimate (And I expect netters to treat it that way) of an arrival > date? Our projected date is now sometime early 88, but that's a guesstimate, of course. <grin> > 2. Processor speed? Memory? Are the designs final? From what I understand, the designs are not final. One thing that has been holding us up is waiting for Motorola to finish their MMU that works with the 68030. We want that, so that the design can be made so taht you can upgrade to a 30 if you want. Speed? real fast. <grin> > 3. Most important, how many bucks? Will the average person be able to afford > the beast? I expect so, although we don't have any prices. Remember our slogan: Power Without The Price <grin>. Yes, it will plug in the back of the current ST's, and use the ST as a superfast supersmart front end. --alex @ Atar BIX: alexl. GEnie: ALEXLEAVENS AtariCorp: 408-745-2006