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From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com
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Subject: Re: What of ATW? (was Re: Atari TT 030 Launched!)
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Date: 9 Jun 90 05:46:44 GMT
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Chris Brown asks:
>I was under the impression that the ATW was available and in use across the
>Atlantic.  Any truth to this belief?
 
In all the time Atari has been talking (and talking, and talking) about their
transputer system, I've only heard of  *2*  people who have them...
 
One is Alan Page, who wrote FLASH... he's working with an ATW to produce
high-quality color images from a video input... essentially it's like one of
those booths you see at shopping malls where they make a T-shirt from a video
shot of you, only this system can put your picture on a baseball card, or
similar kinds of things...
 
The other is someone from the University of Edinburgh on the net here (sorry]
I can't remember your name right offhand..! :), whose department has several
ATWs...
 
Other than that, I've never heard of ANYONE using Atari Transputer Workstatio
for anything...  not here on UseNet, BitNet, ArpaNet, Janet, CompuServe,
GEnie, Delphi, Fido, or anywhere else...  
 
While he was still with Atari Canada, Julius O.. used to talk about the ATW
he had on his desk... nifty machine, but he had no software to run on it...
 
BobR