Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!tut!hydra!hylka!jalkio From: JALKIO@cc.helsinki.fi (INFINITY EVERYWHERE) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: TT vs 386 boxes and Apple Message-ID: <1060@cc.helsinki.fi> Date: 22 Oct 89 13:40:39 GMT References: <28320@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <1035@cc.helsinki.fi> <4145@blake.acs.washington.edu> Lines: 48 In article <4145@blake.acs.washington.edu>, ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu (Enartloc Nhoj) writes: > In article <1035@cc.helsinki.fi> JALKIO@cc.helsinki.fi (Varsinainen sikapossu kuoli t{n{{n.) writes: >>In article <28320@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, stephen@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Stephen Whitney) writes: >>> >> >>a MAC with a ST faster than a real MAC. I hope (and believe) that the TT >>will be the first truly affordable machine for Unix-usage. >> >>difficult to make a computer that is as good but many times cheaper! >>on this planet.... >> >> Jouni This article (which includes that text) wasn't really intended to be sent. It was the first time I used MICROEMACS-editor, so I must have made something wrong when the message really did somehow get into rnews. I wrote a new one and it is the valid one. > > > I originally simply posted an ad I saw for a 25Mhz 386 box, 8 expansion > slots, VGA color high res monitor and card, 60 meg 1:1 hard drive, floppy, > keyboard, 1meg RAM for $1995.00 ... and correct me if I am wrong, > there are several flavors of UNIX to choose from that should indeed > run on this machine. I don't understand why people such as Jouni > say: " first truly affordable machine for Unix-usage; ... as good > but MANY TIMES cheaper..". Does Jouni know something that I don't > know? Has ATARI announced a price for the TT? Is it MANY TIMES cheaper > than $1995.00 ? WIll ATARI support their Unix SYS V as well as they > have supported TOS? Hmm...I guess only ATARI can tell us for sure, > and since their lips are sealed, it's hard to read them.... > The price comparisons I've are between the Apples and Ataris because they are very much same technology. I admit that such a 386-system is quite cheap. Atari HAS announced a price for the TT in Germany: 6500DM for a TT with a 30MB hard-disk and a monochrome VGA-monitor and 2 MB RAM. I have also read that Atari would announce a TTP in England - cost: 1300 pounds with 1280x960monitor and a 60MEG hard-disk. (This is not as sure as the German information, though.) I have also read that atari would announce a version of Unix for about 300 dollars. I know that Atari supports Europe more than the US. I can imagine why... Jouni -not flaming, only telling facts- Alkio