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From: cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Christopher M Mauritz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: The TT is finally there!
Keywords: TT
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Date: 12 Sep 90 19:05:08 GMT
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In article <1898@ztivax.UUCP> gemibusi@ztivax.UUCP (Roland Lepold) writes:
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>The TT is finally there (at least in Germany)!

GREAT!  Judging from prior experience, that means we might see one
in the US in 6 months or a year...


>that they really sell them now. On saturday they already sold one and the
>customer left the shop with a TT and a smile on his face. That only to emphasizethat you can really get one. They demonstrated Calamus for another customer

I bet he was smiling!  He must be rich!  See below.

>on the TT and a ST to show the speed difference. No wonder the TT was much 
>faster even though he only had no fast RAM. As I entered the shop just before

With the price below and no fast RAM????

>it closes I had no time for a closer look, so only a few informations. I hope,
>I remember the numbers right, but I can't guarentee it. The configuration with 
>32 Mhz, 48 MByte hard disk, 4 MByte RAM and a color monitor costs about 7500 DM.You get around 1.6 DM for 1 Dollar, but I think you can't calculate a reasonable

That works out to be $4800 folks.  You may as well buy a Sparcstation SLC, or
a Mac IIci or an Amiga 3000, or a 33mhz 386, or....  Hardly a bargain by any
stretch of the word. Anyone who can afford $5K for a PC would probably want
more than a ST with a 68030 added on. 

>
>Uwe Seidel

Cheers,

Chris


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