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From: karl@es56.UUCP (Karl Rowley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: re: Vapourware!!!
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Date: 22 Nov 89 22:05:57 GMT
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I have been reading this newsgroup from the beginning, and I know that 
Neil Harris did state very clearly a number of times that the blitter
upgrade would be available for the 520 ST and 1040 ST.  Since he worked
for Atari at that time, the statements were assumed to have some 
credibility.

I know a number of us became skeptical some time ago about Atari's 
committment to the blitter.  When some of us expressed our doubts on 
Usenet, we were told by Neil that the blitter upgrade was still planned.

No, I haven't saved all my old email and news messages -- I am just 
recalling events as I remember them.  I anticipate flamage, so I will
be waiting by my mailbox with a bucket of cold water.

				Karl Rowley
				Evans and Sutherland Computer Division
				Mountain View, California, USA
				escd!karl@decwrl.dec.com
				...!ames!amdahl!escd!karl