Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cositex.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!timeinc!phri!pesnta!amd!vecpyr!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!seismo!ut-sally!utastro!cositex!san From: san@cositex.UUCP (Steve Sanderson) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari Subject: Re: ANTIC Online CES Wrapup report Message-ID: <195@cositex.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 13:48:15 EDT Article-I.D.: cositex.195 Posted: Fri Jun 28 13:48:15 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 2-Jul-85 05:38:10 EDT References: <219@bocar.UUCP> Organization: COSI Texas, Austin, Texas Lines: 30 > > NEW ST MODELS > > Atari said that both new > ST's will have 256K RAM of > programmable memory. The ... > * GEM and the rest of the > TOS operating software will > be on ROM chips instead of > on disk. Ok all you Atari ST watchers... according to this article, the smaller models will have 256K RAM and GEM & TOS built into ROM, and the ST520 will have 512K but GEM & TOS will *not* be in rom, giving a 256K of usable RAM on the ST520 (after GEM & TOS are loaded). So... what is the difference between buying the smaller model or the larger model? It seems as if they both ultimately have the same amount of usable RAM! I am not referring to updates to the 520ST where GEM & TOS will be built in, but rather to the machines available now (or soon). Why buy the present 520 over the present 260? Thanks, Steve Sanderson -- Steve Sanderson, COSI Texas 4412 Spicewood Springs, Suite 801 Austin, Texas 78759 UUCP: {ihnp4, seismo, ctvax}!ut-sally!cositex!san, san@cositex.UUCP AT&T: (512) 345-2780