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From: kbad@atari.UUCP (Ken Badertscher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Vapourware!!!
Message-ID: <1817@atari.UUCP>
Date: 22 Nov 89 03:06:19 GMT
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Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:

| Neil Harris was the "Director of Marketing Information" [...]
| He promised the blitter upgrade, many times..  officially.

Bob, I can't speak for Dave Meile, although I have the highest respect
for him, but _I_ have been an Atari follower for many years, in the
mags, online, and in news media.  I can not remember a single time that
anyone from Atari officially announced availability of a BLiTTER
upgrade for 520s or 1040s.  I _do_ remember that Neil and others
mentioned that it was being worked on.  I guess you just heard what
you wanted to.

One other thing - I never would have come to work for this company if
I thought that its basis of operation was fraudulent.  Your innuendo is
getting extremely tiresome on the net, and the only reason I bothered to
respond to this particular message was to toss some facts at your attack
on Neil Harris.  If it is your intention to chase all Atari personnel off
the net with your venom, then believe me, you are coming close to succeeding.
-- 
   |||   Ken Badertscher  (ames!atari!kbad)
   |||   Atari R&D System Software Engine
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