🚀 go-pugleaf

 >Does anyone own or have seen any of the following announced Atari computers
 >(either prototype, early production or ?) that they might be willing to 
 >discuss and/or possibly sell?

 >The model numbers that I am interested in more information in and possibly
 >obtaining are:
 >       1400XL
 >	 1450XLD
 >	 1600XL
 >	 CP/M Module
 >	 1090XL Expansion Box

I saw working models (prototypes?) of both a 1400XL and a 1400XLD at the
1984 Summer Consumer Electronic Show.  That was the megabuck display just
before WB sold Atari.  The Expansion Box was also there as I recall but I
wasn't really interested.  The 1600XL was just a dream and never made 
prototype stage as far as I know.  At least one of the 1400XLD and an
expansion box was put to good use.  It is the basis for the official Atari
bulletin board according to an article I read (maybe in the Atari Explorer).
Obviously, I don't have any of these for sale but I enjoy learning more
about the history of Atari and thought you might also.
 
					Kit Kimes
					AT&T Information Systems
					Montgomery Works
					Montgomery, Il. 60538-0305
					..!ihnp4!mgweed!kek
"Power Without The Price"

[shlurp......]

>From: philabs!cmcl2!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!tektronix!tekig5!tekigm!aegroup Wed Nov 20 11:17:04 
>From: aegroup@tekigm.UUCP (Dennis Ward)
>Subject: Atari Prototypes
>Does anyone own or have seen any of the following announced Atari computers
>(etc...)
>The model numbers that I am interested in more information in and possibly
>	 1450XLD
>	 1600XL
>	 CP/M Module
>	 1090XL Expansion Box
>
>catalogs, etc. and there is some evidence that both of these saw limited
    				-------------------------------------------
>production.  I have not been able to find out to much about the 1600XL, but
 -----------

>incompete stuffing of components) with no documentation.  Sear's apparently did
  							------------------------
>sell some of the CP/M modules but how many?  (Sear's did catalog both the
 -------------------------------------------

I don't think any of these things happened..  None of these items 
ever made it to the market;  the 1450 series never 
made it to production, and the CP/M module was dropped while still on
the drawing boards because  1) Atari determined that the market was small
and 2) the ATR8000  and one other CP/M attachment were already out (I got
this info from Atari long long ago..)  Re. the 1600XL, I've actually 
only heard one other reference to it before (on SIG-ATARI); it was 
slated to follow the 1400's but I don't think it got past the idea 
stage either.  The 1090XL expansion box was one of 
the attachments lined up for the XL series, but apparently died along
with the 1400 and 1450 when Atari (Inc.) finally went down the tubes.

All in all, it seems like it may have been a good thing after all...
The old Atari was trying to fire up a new product line that was not
significantly different from the old machines, and were based on 
processors that were all but obsolete, and certainly would have been
by now, even if they weren't in late 83, considering that the Mac came
out in early '84.  (No flames please; I still use my 1200XL and I'm
not questioning the continued utility of the 8 bitters, only the
currency of their designs).

					-ravi 
					{ucbvax,decvax}!mcnc!ravi

--------------------------------------------------------------------

   Can I please get some replys regarding what kind of printers people
are using with their 520ST's. I am particularly interested in ....
	1. Price
	2. Printing speed
	3. Does the printer do high res. graphics
	4. Does it do letter quality
	5. Are you using the parallel port
	6. Where did you get the software driver for the ST-printer.
	7. Good points, and bad points of the printer.

ANy replys or information would be appreciated!
	Thanks.... Peter Espen.

The printer that I feel is best for the ST is the Panasonic 1092. It retails
for around $400, but I've seen it as low as $329. It is 180 characters per
second, has draft, condensed, near letter quality, proportional draft, and
proportional near letter quality modes selectable from the top of the printer,
not to mention more from software. It takes single or tractor feed paper, and
will automatically advance the paper to the paper bail for you. The tractor is
behind the paper roller so that you don't have to waste 1 sheet of paper like
with most other printers. The mode that it comes with is Epson compatible and
it also has some IBM modes.
     It seems to work fine for screen dumps and works with ST-writer, 1st word,
and Final Word. It supports the international character set as well as graphics
characters. You might have to wait a few weeks if you order one as I'm told
they are nationally back ordered.

John Arrasjid                        SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science
UUCP:    [decvax,dual,rocksanne,watmath,rocksvax]!sunybcs!ugjohna
CSnet:   ugjohna@buffalo
ARPAnet: ugjohna%buffalo@CSNET-RELAY