ajf@pyuxa.UUCP (A Figura) (07/09/85)
Does anyone have any information on the new personal computer from Atari (I think its called a 520-something or other)? About all I heard was "512K, Macintosh compatable, 1 disk drive and monitor" for $800. Is this ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ true? Any other details? Thanks in advance. Al Figura @ Bellcore ...!pyuxa!ajf
midkiff@uiucdcsb.Uiuc.ARPA (07/10/85)
There has been a lot of stuff on it in net.micro.atari recently.
Sam Midkiff
{ihnp4, pur-ee}!uiucdcs!midkiffAPratt.osbunorth@XEROX.ARPA (07/11/85)
The new Atari series is NOT Mac-compatible. Visually, it is Mac-similar, but that is the extent of the compatibility. The ST and the Mac are siblings or cousins, not twins. They are both descendents of the user-interface developed by Alan Kay and company at Xerox PARC a long time ago. For information about the new ST series (520ST, 130ST, 260ST(?)), check back issues of Analog, Antic, the Computer Shopper (green cover with an egg on it), InfoWorld, and Byte. All these magazines have had stories about the new ST series, and none of them quite agree on features, availability, and the like. That is because the ST is vaporware at this time. It is close to market, but it's not there yet. -- Allan