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From: UK14@DKAUNI2.BITNET ("O. Steinmeier")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: CeBIT news
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Date: 28 Mar 90 22:13:00 GMT
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A few days ago someone asked for news from the CeBIT-fair
in Hannover/West Germany. I've been there last saturday. Here
are some impressions:
The TT and the UNIX-TT have been presented by ATARI. They told me
that they will start delivering the TOS-machine in June, the UNIX-
machine will be available next fall. Developers can get their
machines in May. But don't forget: That's what ATARI told me, so
let's hope the best.
The battery-problem of the laptop Stacy hasn't been solved.
Tempus Word (a new textprocessor from the author of Tempus) will
not be available until sommer.
Someone told me that the announced delta-module (80386SX-emulator)
will never be delivered ...
Vortex, a German harddisk-distributor, announced an AT-emulator,
based on a 8-mhz-80286. The board which I saw in Hannover has
about the same size as the PC-SPEED-board (no slots, no
co-processor!). Vortex says the ATonce-board (that's the name)
is 35% faster than a 8-mhz-V30-computer (it's not allowed to
compare products in ads in Germany, so they didn't name the
PC SPEED/Supercharger). The ATonce-board has to be soldered
on the 68000 and will cost less then DM 500 (< $250).
A small German company showed a ST-emulator for the Commodore
Amiga - and it works! Most of the standard-software is running
nearly as fast as on a real ST. The QUICK INDEX benchmark reported
a performance of 93 - 98 percent. The price: about 600 DM (< $300).
The 'medusa'-emulator will be available in April for the Amiga 2000,
a version for the smaller Amiga 500 a bit later. You have to use
the original TOS, which is not included with the emulator board.
But you get a program which reads the ATARI-ROMs and saves the
OS on a disk. The medusa-board can emulate the STE, so perhaps
it is the fastest way to get a STE in the US to buy an Amiga
and install the medusa-module ... (just a joke !?).
I hope that all these news are correct (especially the
dates and prices).

Oliver Steinmeier (uk14@dkauni2.bitnet)
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