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From: cmp7131@sys.uea.ac.uk (M. Plumtree)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: TOS 1.4 in the UK
Keywords: TOS 1.4 UK
Message-ID: <704@sys.uea.ac.uk>
Date: 13 Sep 89 16:30:38 GMT
Organization: UEA, Norwich, UK
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Having read most of the articles about how wonderful TOS 1.4 is, and the
various reports about its release in Germany and the USA, I decided to ring
my local distributor.

So I rang Silica Shop (not exactly local, but I thought they of all Atari
distributors would be able to help) and asked when TOS 1.4 would be here in
the UK. After a quick discussion away from the phone, the guy on the other
end said, "Sometime before Christmas." So, going on what Ken had said, I
pressed on, saying that perhaps Atari (UK) hadn't released the newsletter
yet, but it should be available, but I got no more joy from them.

So then I contacted Atari here in the UK, and they gave the same answer as
Silica Shop, "sometime before Christmas" even after pointing out the fact
that it is available on mainland Europe, and in America.

What have Atari (US) got against Atari (UK) ? How different can the US/UK
ROM sets be ?


On a related point, when I finally do get a ROM set, how easy will it be to
install it in my TOS 1.0 machine (I don't know the rev. #, but if this helps,
both the LEDs are red, as opposed to the newer machines which have yellow
and green LEDs.) If there are too many/few sockets in my machine for the chips,
will Atari (Anywhere) be producing an adapter board ?

2E (no relation to the Apple ][e)

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