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Subject: Re: New Atari computer?
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Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 16:37:02 EDT
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The new Atari series is NOT Mac-compatible. Visually, it is Mac-similar, but that
is the extent of the compatibility. The ST and the Mac are siblings or cousins,
not twins. They are both descendents of the user-interface developed by Alan Kay
and company at Xerox PARC a long time ago. For information about the new ST
series (520ST, 130ST, 260ST(?)), check back issues of Analog, Antic, the Computer
Shopper (green cover with an egg on it), InfoWorld, and Byte. All these magazines
have had stories about the new ST series, and none of them quite agree on
features, availability, and the like. That is because the ST is vaporware at this
time. It is close to market, but it's not there yet.

						-- Allan