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Re: NeXT and Atari...

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From: Alok Dhir
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 14:25
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In article <1992Apr4.151212.8500@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>  
jreiss@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Joseph W Reiss) writes:
> 
> A while back, someone posted news of the new Atari Falcon.  That was
> the one with the DSP, True Color, and a lot of things which made it
> look similar to the NeXT.  Since that time, a lot of people in
> comp.sys.atari.st have been talking about rumors that NeXT is looking
> at a joint venture with Atari, perhaps porting NeXTStep to the Falcon,
> perhaps looking at the Falcon as a 3rd party, low end NeXT.  No one
> there has been able to confirm or deny any of these rumors.
> 
> So, I guess what I'm wondering is, does anyone here have any knowledge
> about this?  I have both an Atari and, just recently, a NeXT, so this
> is becoming quite interesting to me.  Any rumors you've heard are
> appreciated, as well as anything more concrete.
> 
> Depending on how much I find out, I may summarize to c.s.a.st.  If
> people here are interested, I'll summarize here, too.

Yeah right.  That would be like SUN signing up with Sinclair to port  
Openlook to the ZX81 series.  Hahahaah.
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