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From: mitsolid@acf5.NYU.EDU (Thanasis Mitsolides)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari Financial condition
Message-ID: <5780001@acf5.NYU.EDU>
Date: 23 Mar 90 03:24:00 GMT
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/* acf5:comp.sys.atari.st / gl8f@astsun7.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) 
> I'm very
> surprised that they earned anything in 4Q89 despite making big
> investments in new product production.

Yes that must be  the (agreably) complex process
of designing a computer  working at 16 (sixteen!) MHz
which even (yes even that...) includes SIMM slots!
But most impressive of all: The screen resolution.
It will actually support the screen resolution used in IBM-PC compatibles
the last two years.  A full 640x480 at 16 colors!!!!!!

But wait. This amazing system will include ONE EXPANSION SLOT.
Consider: Even a cheap PC-compatible (introduced LESS than 6 years ago)
rarely has more that 5 expansion slots!!!!!!!

As if the specifications alone were not enough to bogle one's mind,
it has been said that the system may reach mass production
less than a year after its official introduction.
And yes, the official introduction is expected 
before this comming Christmas!

There is more. Unix, whose full blown implementations only resently
(2 years ago) appeared in the PC world is currently under development.
U
Thanasis