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From: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari Lynx & Announcements vs. shippings
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Date: 24 Oct 89 18:20:32 GMT
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JALKIO@cc.helsinki.fi (Jouni Alkio) writes:
>Would somebody, please, tell me something about the Atari Lynx? I don't
>even know what it is.

Lynx is a handheld game system.  It has a 2" color LCD screen, sound, a
joystick-like controller, and the ability to link multiple Lynxes
(hence the name, pronounced "links") for many people to play games with
or against each other.

It also has built-in hardware for such normally time-consuming
operations as multiplying and scaling of sprites (that is, changing the
size of a part of the picture).

It is similar in concept to Nintendo's Game Boy, but MUCH cooler:
besides the hardware assist for some operations, Lynx is in color, not
black and white, and you can only connect two Game Boys, while you can
connect 8 or more Lynxes together.

As for delivery dates for Lynx and TT, don't ask me: I just work here.
(I am in engineering, not production or marketing: I simply don't know
the answers to questions like "when will it ship?")

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