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/* Written  9:18 pm  Dec 25, 1985 by ugjohna@sunybcs.UUCP in net.micro.atari */
I just read in infoworld that AT&T have signed a deal with Atari to release
the 520ST under their label with the UNIX V  operating system. I have also
heard numerous rumours that this machine will come standard with monochrome,
20meg hard drive, 1 meg onboard, and will sell for $1000. Can any of you
people who work at AT&T either confirm or deny any or all of this info. If not,
how about a clue????
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Because <enter dripping red font> V <exit dripping red font>: the
System, like essentially all versions of Unix, relies heavily on memory
mapping hardware, the current 520ST will NOT support it.  This is not
to say that AT&T might not write a version of "the standard OS for the
world" <heavy sarcasm> that doesn't require it, but it would be a
considerable effort, and I doubt that such a thing will happen.  It's
probably easier to persuade Atari to redesign the ST.

I wouldn't mind seeing the ST those rumors describe--it would be a nice
machine to run OS-9 on when (no longer if, it seems) it comes out for
the ST.

						James Jones