wilson@omepd.UUCP (02/06/87)
This month's Byte (Dick Pountain's column, p. 287) describes a machine called the Amstrad 1512 which sounds a lot like the just-announced Atari PC. It has a monochrome monitor that simulates color using gray scales, comes bundled with GEM, and is cheap, cheap, cheap. Is this the same machine as the Atari, or just a case of great minds thinking alike :-) ? Andy Wilson .. tektronix!ogcvax!inteloa!omepd!wilson
grr@cbmvax.UUCP (02/07/87)
In article <365@omepd> wilson@omepd (Andy Wilson) writes: >This month's Byte (Dick Pountain's column, p. 287) describes >a machine called the Amstrad 1512 which sounds a lot like the >just-announced Atari PC. >cheap. Is this the same machine as the Atari, or just a case of >great minds thinking alike :-) ? > >Andy Wilson tektronix!ogcvax!inteloa!omepd!wilson No, the machines are quite different. They are merely examples of a wave of consumer oriented PC-clones. The common features are an attempt to build 'everything you need' in, and dispense with or minimize standard PC Expansion slots. Radio Shack is already selling a similar machine. The long-term marketing success of these new clones is yet to be determined. IBM's PC Junior was pretty much of a flop, but then the prices are down a bit now... -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)