Xref: utzoo comp.sys.atari.st:9997 comp.sys.atari.8bit:1600 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!killer!jolnet!rich From: rich@jolnet.UUCP (Rich Andrews) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Summer C.E.S. Highlights Message-ID: <592@jolnet.UUCP> Date: 6 Jun 88 05:01:17 GMT Reply-To: rich@jolnet.UUCP (Rich Andrews) Organization: jolnet, Public Access UNIX, Joliet, IL Lines: 39 Greetings from Chicago! I really hate to do this to you all but here are the cold hard facts. 1) This year the CES was geared strictly for games. (:<) 2) There were no new software packages displayed for the ST line. 3) As of Sunday, the second day of the show, the attendance was about half of what it had been in years past. (The show is a loser) Now for some interesting tidbits...... The UN*X box will not be introduced until next year. The marketing strategy goes something like this: "If we introduce the Unix box now we will probably not sell another MEGA and we have lots of those around." The PC has to go through a redesign. It seems that with all of the functions that were put on the mother board, the assembly plant could not get the insertion machines to work on the densely populated boards. There is a new development package for the 2600 and 7800 machines. It consists of an assembler and rom emulator. The system utilizes an ST. Other than that there is not really anything else new. I will be able to tell more after the annual CLAUG/Atari roast dinner. later, Rich Andrews -- Any opinions expressed are my own. Now, for a limited time, they can be yours too, for the incredible price of only $19.95. Simply send $19.95 (in Alterian dollars) to ...ihnp4!killer!jolnet!rich.