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From: gl8f@astsun7.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TT announcement
Message-ID: <1981@hudson.acc.virginia.edu>
Date: 9 Sep 89 17:16:20 GMT
References: <3497@blake.acs.washington.edu> <545@cwjcc.CWRU.Edu> <22003@cup.portal.com>
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Reply-To: gl8f@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
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In article <22003@cup.portal.com>, Someone writes:

>Nah... they used that excuse to explain away why they're breaking their
>promises of a Blitter upgrade for the STs...

How To Get A Blitter Upgrade:
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Either:
1a. Own a 1040 with a blitter socket, or
1b. Buy a ST accellerator board with a blitter socket.

2. Have your dealer order you a replacement blitter and some TOS roms
   that can handle it (either Mega ROMS (easy) or Rainbow TOS (harder)).

3. Plug in blitter and ROMS. Note the small speed increase, since you're
   running TurboST or QuickST already...

4. Decide that this upgrade wasn't worth the money.

Ever wonder if marketing reasons might keep Atari from doing something
stoopid? I used to be waiting for a blitter. Now I know it isn't worth
the money. Can we stop beating this dead horse and talk about something
interesting?


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Greg Lindahl
gl8f@virginia.edu                                             I'm not the NRA.