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From: johnr@praxis.co.uk (John Richards)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: How much would a TT with Unix cost me (roughly)?
Message-ID: <5340@newton.praxis.co.uk>
Date: 30 Aug 90 14:29:53 GMT
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>In article <1829@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU> bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Bill White ) writes:
>>
>>	I've seen a lot about the TT and I'm convinced I want one now.
>>I also want one with Unix; gnu is OK but frankly, I really hate gulam
>>and really want multitasking.  So my question is,
>>	- how much would the TT cost (realistically, i.e., including
>>discounts, etc.)
>>	- how much does UNIX cost?  (I can do the addition myself).
>>I'm hoping the whole bundle would cost under $3000.  And no, I'm not
>>quite ready to shell out this much; I'm just dreaming.

Today's copy of the Guardian (a UK newspaper) says the TT was shown at last
week's Dusseldorf Atari show. Atari apparently claimed the TT was available
NOW in the UK and Germany, but of course no one will believe it until they
actually see one. The article repeated a price I've seen before of 1990 UK
pounds for a 2MB TT with 40MB disc and colour monitor, but said it
definitely had a 32MHz 68030, the 16MHz version had only been sold to
developers.

We await a definitive sighting.

News on UNIX timescales is not good. Atari have decided to scrap System
V.3 and go for V.4. Unisoft are doing the port and it's scheduled for
next year. They've also decided to go for shipping GNU C. The X desktop
will be Motif-based and will be provided by a French company. (How much
of this do you believe?)

Also "announced" were a low-cost laser printer and thick and thin Ethernet
connections and networking for Mega STs (called Atarinet).

P.S. the new quarterly ST World has finally appeared in the UK. IMHO it's
good and well worth 3 quid (but where's the free disc :-)

-- 
                                      John Richards