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Re: official tos 1.4 release

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From: John Townsend
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1989 20:35
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in article <22918@cup.portal.com>, Xorg@cup.portal.com (Peter Ted Szymonik) says:
> 
> What makes this all even more interesting is that rumors were flying
> at the WAACE AtariFest that TOS 1.4 will be showing up on 2 chip ROM
> (not EPROM) sets in the next few weeks (which should take care of the
> 'weak Bus' problems some Mega owners have been having - but even more
> interesting is the rumored release of TOS 1.6!  Which Mr Hartmann didn't
> refute (although in all fairness he also didn't back this rumor...)
> 
> Peter Szymonik
> Xorg@cup.portal.com

TOS 1.6 is no rumor. It does exist. However, it is the TOS that is going 
into the STE machines. No upgrade will be offered from TOS 1.4 to 1.6. The
only differences in TOS 1.4 and TOS 1.6 are the support of the enhanced
graphics and sound that are available in the STE machine.

-- John Townsend				ames!atari!towns
   Atari Corporation, Technical Support
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Subject: Re: official tos 1.4 release
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