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From: ifarqhar@mqccsunc.mqcc.mq.OZ (Ian Farquhar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: RJ Mical
Keywords: Lynx, Atari, CBM
Message-ID: <144@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz>
Date: 22 Jan 90 22:14:01 GMT
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In article <1990Jan18.140418.1987@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> hgm@ccvr1.ncsu.edu (Hal G. Meeks) writes:
>In article <103@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> ifarqhar@mqccsunc.mq.oz (Ian Farquhar) writes:
>>
>>They were also quite candid with pricing details, and are going to try
>>and get me all of the developers info, plus the possibility of a unit
>>two months before its official release date.

>Hunh? "official release date?" 

Have a look at my signature.  The .oz means that I live is Australia.
Atari, CBM etc. all take at least six months to release new hardware
here.

>>So Atari is back at what it does best: games, and I am not saying this in
>>any derogatory manner.  Atari are the best in the world at this.  The
>>Japanese haven't got it, and the British never will, but despite a few
>>hickups along the way, Atari usually does the best.
>>
>Make a distinction here: There are _two_ Atari companies. There is Atari
>Entertainment, which make games (Arcade games), and Atari Computer, which
>makes the 2600,7800, ST etc. They are separate entities. The game company
>indeed makes some very nice games; from my last experience with Atari the
>computer company, the same cannot be currently said. 

Yes, I knew that the two companies are seperate.  I am still impressed
by what Atari Computers is doing with the 2600 (4K address space, 128
bytes of RAM, 6507 chip), and it makes me wonder what someone with a
really nice piece of hardware such as the Amiga could do if pushed to
the level of the 2600 programmers.

Atari's Computer's has two main problems: the ST, and the Tramiel.  If
it could sort out both of these, it would be in a much better market
position.


All hail Saint Fubar, parton saint of computer programmers.

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