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In Info-Atari16 Digest #444, mcsun!sunic!ifi!m2cs.uu.no!tomas@uunet.uu.net
(Tomas Felner) asks:

>roeder@sbsvax.UUCP (Edgar Roeder) writes:
>>It's a new version of the good old 1040 ST called 1040 ST E.
>>It has a newer and faster TOS version (if i remember correctly they say it's
>>TOS 1.6 - don't ask me about 1.5).
>
>TOS 1.6 ??? 1.4 is not even officialy out yet and people start talking
>about 1.6 ? Does anybody know details ? Can I use it in a normal ST/Mega ?
>Any comments from Atari ? Ken ?

No, you can't use TOS 1.6 in your ST/Mega. The ST/Megas have sockets for 192
KB ROM, whereas TOS 1.6 is 256 KB (actually, only about 220 KB are used).

TOS 1.6 contains support for the additional features of the ST/E, such as the
increased graphics resolution, sound output etc.  Also, the !@#$%& line F traps
are finally removed.  Sorry that I can't say more but I haven't taken a closer
look at it yet.

BTW: There will not be a TOS 1.5 since ATARI increases the minor TOS version
number by 2 in each new release.

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