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From: don@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Donald R Lloyd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari TT 030 Launched!
Keywords: Atari TT
Message-ID: <6575@vax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Date: 5 Jun 90 21:32:49 GMT
References: <1990Jun5.143231.4977@watserv1.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: don@vax1.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd)
Organization: University of Delaware
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In article <1990Jun5.143231.4977@watserv1.waterloo.edu> pdbeam@watserv1.waterloo.edu (T.C.) writes:
>
>ATARI OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES THE TT 030
>------------------------------------
> 
>Canada in late July/early August and fully available in September.  The TT 
>(2Mbytes, 40M hard disc) is under $4000 (CDN).  This puts it well under the 
>Amiga 3000 in terms of price (the A3000 is under $4000 US). 
> 

	Under CBM's educational discount, an Amiga 3000 with 25MHz '030, '882,
40 meg 11ms HD, and color multiscan monitor can be had for $3039.
	The 16 MHz model (w/68881) costs $2599, HD and monitor included.

	I see two main advantages the TT has over the 3000, based on the specs you 
quoted:  the 1280 x 960 mono mode and the built-in appletalk.  The Amiga with
an A2024 mono monitor can do 1280 x 800, which just about (but maybe not quite)
nullifies the first advantage.  As for the second, lack of a reliable appletalk
system for the Amiga does present a problem; however, things like ethernet 
boards and X-windows have been around for some time, and CBM's own ethernet
and arcnet cards, as well as Novell-compatible software, will be shipping
shortly.

	I hope Atari and CBM both do well with their 030 machines (if only to
slow the sales of PC's and Macs :-).  At this point though, it looks as if 
Atari's got to do some hard work to compete well against the 3000.

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