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                Latest News from Atari  (Dec 4, 1985)

Being frustrated with some rumors regarding Atari products, I just 
called Atari to get the "straight scoop". Heres what I found:

  - The TOS ROMS for the ST are not out yet, but, if you have a 
    developer's kit, Atari will send you the latest EPROM version
    of TOS at no charge if you send them 8 AMD 2256 EPROMS and a
    self-addressed return envelope for them. To verify that you are
    a developer, they will check your name against their list of
    people who bought the developer's package.

  - They are close to shipment on the 804 printers.

  - The arcade game set (e.g., Missle Command) is not available yet,
    but will be by Christmas. I think she said these were being 
    developed by a third party vendor.

  - They are still working on that ST internals book, which is to be
    a condensation of the doc. in the developer's kit.

  - The 10 Mb hard disk will appear as a 20Mb disk on store shelves
    in January.

  - The CDROM will not appear in January - she didnt say (know) why, but
    a rumor I heard was that the drive cost was still too expensive
    from the manufacturers, and Atari was waiting for the cost to come
    down.

  - If you got the developers kit and DIDN'T send in the non-disclosure
    agreement, Atari claims you won't get any updates. When I asked
    what updates have come out so far, I was told that the only one
    was an icon editor.

Both the person who answered the phone and the one answering these
questions seemed to be VERY rushed, so I didn't go on to other subject
areas, such as the availability of MIDI software, or exactly when the
TOS ROMs would be available.

     /Don Peters, Digital, 617-689-1242/

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