the 1200xl

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1 total messages Started by utzoodecvaxharpoihnp4ihuxfbryan Thu, 17 Feb 1983 11:01

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Author: utzoodecvaxharpoihnp4ihuxfbryan
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1983 11:01

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There has been a lot of greif about the Atari 1200XL.
There seems to be a lot of confusion as to why Atari
introduced it.  There are only minor improvements made
to it ( 64kram, 14k OS,  better color, and sound circuits).
BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY EXPANSION SOCKETS AND HAS ONLY TWO
JOYSTICK PORTS.  Why then did  atari introduce the 1200XL?

I think the reason it was introduced, was that a lot of computer
stores are dropping the Atari 400/800 computers because they
can not match the prices of K-mart, Sears, Toys-R-us, and  the
discount houses.  Also there seems to be alot of people out 
there who think the atari is good for games but does not have
the power of an apple II or TRS-80. So why not introduce a new
computer with lots of business software and let the computer stores
have a product that is over priced like the apple and sell them
to people who want a "real" computer?

				ihuxf!bryan
				Bryan DeLaney,
				BTL Naperville IL

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