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From: cptpower@bsu-cs.UUCP (Mike Wildridge)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video,comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: New Atari Home Video Game (Just a rumor?)
Keywords: Atari XE Nintendo Sega
Message-ID: <4934@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Date: 2 Dec 88 05:24:26 GMT
References: <773@unh.UUCP> <1027@paris.ics.uci.edu>
Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana
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In article <1027@paris.ics.uci.edu>, mkazmier@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Michael Kazmierczak) writes:
>Has anyone heard anything about Atari producing a 68000 based
>home video game system?  Rumors flew several weeks back, but
>I've heard nothing new lately.

The newest game system Atari has out right now is the new XE game system.
It's called that because it's based on the XE computer.  In fact, what
it really is is a 65XE CPU with a detachable keyboard.  They rearranged
a few things outside, but it's the exact same internal stuff.  In fact,
if you open it up, you can see where the 4 function keys went because 
the "ports" are still there.  It can use a drive and everything.  What they
did was to market their computer line but sell it as a game so the younger
crowd will buy it up more.  They have them at Toy's R Us and such and they're
not to bad.  It's a home computer in  a video games clothing...

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