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From: towns@atari.UUCP (John Townsend)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: 6 month delay for TT in US?
Message-ID: <2305@atari.UUCP>
Date: 19 Sep 90 15:55:54 GMT
References: <1990Sep18.171022.20824@ecst.csuchico.edu>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale, CA
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in article <1990Sep18.171022.20824@ecst.csuchico.edu>, ekrimen@csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen) says:
> 
> I just got this from the Fidonet ST echo.
> 
> ------------------------------------
> From:    David Leonardis 
> To:      All                                      Msg #104, 13-Sep-90 12:35pm
> Subject: THE TT
> 
>       Heys guys I got real bad news about the release date for the TT,
> I called atari customer relations on september 13 and I asked about
> the release date of the TT and they said another six months, I raised
> my voice and said "what!, why is that", she responded,"well atari corp
> redesigned the original TT and sent it to the FCC", she also told me
> that the new design will have the 32mhz CPU and the new tower case
> design.Guys I will still wait cause I am in no rush to spend 2500-3000
> dollars, but you read the specs on the TT and it's up to you.I refuse
> to ask my parents to make a second morage on my house to have a
> workable mac II configuration. 
> 
> [some stuff deleted]
> 
> --------------------------------------
> 
> I know the story about the guy buying the TT from the dealer in 
> Germany.  Does the preceding message mean that the U.S. must wait?

The TT configuration that was shown in Dusseldorf and to developers 
at the Glendale Show will be sold in the United States. It will be 
announced at COMDEX in November and according to my information will
be available for sale around that time. 

-- John Townsend				..ames!atari!towns
   Atari Corp, Systems Software