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In article <2795@mit-hermes.AI.MIT.EDU> phr@hermes.UUCP (Paul Rubin) writes:
>
>Someone who works here just read in a German computer magazine (I'm
>not sure which one) that Atari is coming out with a new machine
>called the 1040EST.  Supposedly, it will have 700x1000 monochrome
>screen resolution and (hooray!) a memory map unit.
>
>Confirmations/denials/further details?

A recent posting on BIX attributes the following to Shiraz Shivji re the EST:

   "We want to make a very upgradable path--specifically, we want the 68020
to be upgradable to the 68030, when that chip becomes available.  This is
a fairly complex proposition, and necessitates the use of another memory 
management chip from Motorola, which is not yet finished without bugs.
This means that it may take a bit longer to do the system correctly, than
if we simply slapped a 68020 in, and ran with it."
  There are also some other issues to be addressed faster RAM, for one--but
once we clear these up, the machine will be a screamer."


By the way, Atari recently hired a serious network addict to help out in the
in the communications area, so perhaps their presence here will be increased...
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