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Re: talk is cheap

I spoke to a local dealer on Friday who was at CES. He said that Atari
was showing a functioning model of the 68000 machine *and* letting 
people touch it and mess around. Atari does have a little more than
just talk going for them. It remains to be seen whether they can do
it at the stated prices, but they have done it in prototype!

I for one hope they can do it. As announced it will be an amazing home
machine. I have one of their glossy handouts -- highlights are:

- 68000 based with 128 or 512K (C$500 and C$700 respectively)
- GEM graphics system (apparently similar to a colour Mac)
- 3 graphics modes - 320x200x16 colour
                   - 640x200x4  colour
                   - 640x400 monochrome
                   - output to tv, composite or RGB monitor
- built in interfaces for hard and floppy disks
- 1 each, serial and parallel ports
- mouse (standard equipment)
- 3 voice music synthesizer plus MIDI interface

All of the above are on their list of *standard* features!


Rick Sellens
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