Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!dkuug!iesd!iesd.auc.dk!riddler From: riddler@iesd.auc.dk (Claus Priisholm) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Atari TT 030 Launched! Message-ID: Date: 5 Jun 90 22:46:17 GMT References: <1990Jun5.143231.4977@watserv1.waterloo.edu> <1990Jun5.182949.2439@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: news@iesd.auc.dk (UseNet News) Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Aalborg Lines: 90 In-reply-to: cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu's message of 5 Jun 90 18:29:49 GMT In article <1990Jun5.182949.2439@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Christopher M Mauritz) writes: In article <1990Jun5.143231.4977@watserv1.waterloo.edu> pdbeam@watserv1.waterloo.edu (T.C.) writes: > >ATARI OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES THE TT 030 >------------------------------------ >using Canada as a test market to work the bugs out of the system before they >make their big push south of the border. The expected price of the TT 030 >(2Mbytes, 40M hard disc) is under $4000 (CDN). This puts it well under the You get what you pay for. Judging by the specs you give later in the article, the TT does seem to be a significant step over the ST (but I suppose it should for that kind of money), but I really don't think it is a threat to the Amy 3000 or Sun workstations. All of these gadgets that are said to be available RSN (real soon now) for the [...] This isn't really intended to be a "go out an buy the Amiga, the TT sucks" type of posting, but I'm just trying to point out that the TT isn't really breaking any new ground out there in Well I am not impressed with the specifications of the TT, but don't give me this `amy 300 and Sun Workstations'. Agree that the TT isn't a thread to the Sun workstation, but compared to the A3000 it should stand a good chance. The reviews I have seen so far of the A3000 (Byte, c't and PCW) are not flattering: A multi-media machine with 32 colors :-( 7Mhz graphic accelerator chips :-( 2 wait states fast-ram :-( Guru meditations :-( To each his own...I'm sure there are many ST users who will be more than satisfied with the TT, but I don't think it will have the wider appeal of other 68030 systems due to its rather limited expanability and Atari's notorious reputation for forcing users to buy new machines to get higher tech rather than providing a reasonable upgrade path. For all you ST diehards, flame away. My mailbox is open. No flames, just reasonable unbiased information. I agree on the conclusion that ST-owners will by TT's, but the same applies to A3000: amiga-owners will by A3000's. [...] >Later this year the tower TT (the TT/X?) will be released. Among other >things, the tower TT will have four VME slots. Also to be released are an >Ethernet card, a GENlock card, and a software IBM PC emulator. The Atari GM [...] No argument there. The problem is that Atari Corp's record on kept promises is just plain weak. I do hope they pull it off so I can unload the 400 shares of Atari stock I bought at 4 7/8. Well, they make many promises and they launch many computers. Let's compare: - Both Atari and C= has a full PC-line (down the drain). - Atari launched the Portfolio PC, C= well... - Atari has the 520, 1040, MEGA's & STE, C= has A500, A1000, A2000 & A2500, draw! - Atari has launched a portable ST, C= has the portable Am... Ahem, well... - Atari launched their Transputer Workstation, C= has - what can I say... - Atari still has to launch the TT, C= has launched the A3000, hurraaa! UNIX? I believe the TT was running UNIX at CeBit in Hannover, and the fairly high resolution in monochrome, is a better platform for X-windows, than 4096 colours hold-and-modify mode at a medium resolution. So when it comes to UNIX, I would prefer the TT (but still more I would like it to use a 25 MHz 68040 and the Blossom graphics chip). >Travis Capener >c/o pdbeam@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca >-- Cheers, Chris Well this turned out to be quite a long posting, but I've been reading so much crap lately, with pros and cons of this and that, and even worse: stock information :^(. So I figured it was my turn to float the net. ************************************************* ******* *********** * Claus Priisholm * ******* *********** * Department for Mathematics & Computer Science * ******* *********** * Aalborg University Center * * Denmark * ******* *********** * E-mail: riddler@iesd.auc.dk * ******* *********** ************************************************* ******* ***********