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From: V61@DHDURZ1.BITNET (Ronald Lamprecht)
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Subject: Duesseldorf: personal impression of the TT(T)
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Date: 25 Aug 89 19:36:53 GMT
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Just returned from the Atari fair at Duesseldorf. Several working TTs that have
been definitly faster than a ST (Atari says by a factor of 4):

-68030, 16MHz
- VME slot (A24,D16)
- shared RAM for video and processor with an access time of 250ns
- tiny ugly box with the old ST keyboard with it's famous function keys
Price: appr. DM 5700 -- including 30MB Harddisk and color monitor
(They said it wouldn't be sold without the Harddisk or the color monitor --
 no chance for a cheap upgrade)

Seeing this I called it a TTT --- namely a Tic Tac Toe machine: You will never
loose something with respect to the old ST, but you have no chance to win
a jackpot with it.
Actually I would call it a wastage of highly sophisticated microprocessors
the way an 68030 is slowed down to 2MHz Busfrequency. A (A24,D16) VME slot
that would have been something useful for the ST, but an 68030 should be
worth an full 32bit VME slot ! A speedupfactor of 4 that's a shame and I'm
quite sure the TT will be the slowest 68030 machine that will ever exist.
I wouldn't call the TTT a workstation -- and I won't buy it.

Remainig the question what will be my NeXT computer ? Or should I upgrade
my 'ST' with transputers or a 68030 with fast 32 bit RAM ? I don't need
TOS compatibility because I'm using Minix.

Sorry if my impression of the TT is quite negative, but I'm disappointed
because I thought it could be my next machine.

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