Atari 1200

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From: utzoodecvaxharpofloydgjw
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1982 10:03

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	Todays issue (12/14/82) of the New York Times contains a picture
and a not very technical article about the new Atari 1200XL computer. It's
on the fourth page of the business section. From the atari club I belong to
I've found the following sketchy details:

	64K of on board RAM (I don't know how much of it is accessible)

	Built in RS-232

	Built in Microsoft Basic

	Compatible with existing 400/800 software

	No expansion slots

	Suggested retail price of $900-$1000

The lack of expansion slots seems to be the biggest drawback of the new machine.
The two nicest expansion features one could get for the 800 is the 80 column
card and the RAMDISK. I've seen the 800 with 16K discounted to $499 in the
New York City area at that price I think its the best value in personal 
computers.

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From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!gjw
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Title: Atari 1200
Article-I.D.: floyd.957
Posted: Tue Dec 14 10:03:53 1982
Received: Wed Dec 15 05:03:41 1982
Subject: Atari 1200
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1982 10:03:53 +0000
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