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Article #34605Re: 68030 box, Cringely, Comdex
From: Roy Good
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1988 21:06
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1988 21:06
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in article <624@stag.UUCP>, to_stdnet@stag.UUCP says: > From: thelake!steve@stag.UUCP (Steve Yelvington) > Robert X. Cringely's column in the Oct. 17 misInfoWorld > outlines the following specs for the Atari '030 system > (coming soon to a Comdex not-so-near you): > > Four slots, passive backplane (no mention of bus standard) > 68030 CPU > 56000 Motorola digital signal processor > 1 MB RAM > 1 MB VRAM > Ethernet > Color monitor > 44MB removable hard disk > GEM (no mention of Unix. Surely an oversight.) > Imagen clone of Display Postscript (this puzzles me; I thought > Imagen had developed a PS interpreter, > not a display processor.) > Price: $1,995. > (Salt thoroughly before consuming.) Don't believe everything you read in the press! When the machine is ready for external test and use by developers, ATARI will post details. Until then, treat anything you read as pure rumor! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roy J. Good Product Development, Atari Corporation Views expressed are my own. Atari may agree or disagree; they have the right. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!mailrus!uwmcsd1!marque!uunet!portal!atari!good From: good@atari.UUCP (Roy Good) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: 68030 box, Cringely, Comdex Message-ID: <1194@atari.UUCP> Date: 20 Oct 88 21:06:52 GMT References: <624@stag.UUCP> Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA Lines: 30