Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ecsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!calway From: calway@ecsvax.UUCP (James Calloway) Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.cbm,net.micro.atari Subject: Re: New Atari machines (home UNIX at last?) Message-ID: <482@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 10-Jan-85 23:58:34 EST Article-I.D.: ecsvax.482 Posted: Thu Jan 10 23:58:34 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jan-85 07:46:21 EST References: <3097@ucla-cs.ARPA> Organization: The News and Observer Lines: 29 Xref: watmath net.micro:9039 net.micro.cbm:1072 net.micro.atari:559 x The InfoWorld article came pretty close. Here is what Atari's marketing manager, Bryan Kerr, described during and after the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show: Atari's new ST line is based on the 68000 chip, running at 8 megahertz. The 130ST will have 128K and sell for $399. The 520ST will have 512K, $599. If there is demand, there may be an in-between model, the 260ST. These machines will use external Sony 3 1/2-inch drives, priced at about $150 each. The computers will have build-in interfaces for floppy disk AND hard disk. The hard disk is due later in the year, 10 megabytes, $600. The operating system was developed jointly by Atari and Digital Research and is stored with DR's Graphics Environment Manager in 192K of ROM. The new low-end machines are the 65XE, a replacement for the 800XL, the 130XE with 128K and the 65XEP, a portable with a small CRT screen. If Atari can deliver the goods, this should be an interesting year. -- James Calloway The News and Observer Box 191 Raleigh, N.C. 27602 (919) 829-4570 {akgua,decvax}!mcnc!ecsvax!calway