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In article <8711031416.AA14648@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> "V5130B::MENTON" <menton%v5130b.decnet@acoustics.nrl.mil> writes:
>
>      The 26 Oct. 87 issue of "digital review" magazine claims that Sun
>MicroSystems' "NeWS" windowing system exists for the Atari 520ST.  Can anyone
>verify this information?  I saw a discussion of this topic on the net not too
>long ago, but I wasn't paying attention; now, I'm interested.  If it exists,
>can it be purchased or is it public domain?  My vague recollection is that
>someone at Sun had indeed put NeWS on the ST, but with no intentions of making
>it available to the world. 
>
>      					Bob Menton
>      					ARPAnet:MENTON@NRL-ACOUSTICS.ARPA
>
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I'd like to add to the brief information in the sidebar of the article
you cite.  The information that a NeWS server exists for the 520 ST
comes from two sources:  first, James Gosling said it was done as an
excercise in a talk he gave on NeWS at the 1986 Fall DECUS symposium in
San Francisco.  Second, the same assertion appeared in the
transparencies used in a seminar given by Sun Microsystems on NeWS.

In neither case was there the suggestion that the implementation was
for sale, nor available via some public domain channel; my guess is
that your "vague recollection" is correct, and it's not, but the best
way to find out is to contact Sun directly.

Jim

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