Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!van-bc!jonh!jhenders From: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca (John Henders) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Atari Jaguar Message-ID: Date: 13 Nov 90 13:52:00 GMT References: Reply-To: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca Distribution: comp Lines: 109 X-Version: Martin's Mailer Version Sep 07 1990 23:50:52 In , dh@tardis.cs.ed.ac.uk writes: > >I'm hoping (!!) for a reply from someone from Atari about this...but I >realise they probably won't reply. > >What I want is some more info about this new Atari Jaguar machine that >I've been hearing about. It's supposedly going to cost 700 UK pounds >and be based on a 68020 running at 16MHz. > >I've heard it's basically a cut-down TT. > I'm not from Atari. but perhaps this Zflash from Comdex may clear up what you've heard. Note, this is not a 68020, but the rest fits. This is a Z*NET SPECIAL SHOW REPORT: COMDEX FALL 1990 #1 ============================================================== ======= ))))))))))======== )))== ))= )))))))= ))))))))======== ============== ))=== ))=== ))))= ))= ))========= ))=========== =========== ))==== ))))))= )) )) ))= )))))====== ))=========== ======== ))========= ))=== ))= ))))= ))========= ))=========== ======= ))))))))))======== ))== )))= )))))))==== ))=========== ============================================================== ZCOMDEX1.TXT Sunday Morning, November 11, 1990 - John Nagy Setup continues at the ever-more massive COMDEX computer exposition here in Las Vegas, Nevada. I visited the new show floor at the Sands Convention facility on Saturday afternoon to see the Atari exhibit being built. It is the largest floor area for a COMDEX that I have seen Atari have yet, with a mixed color scheme that clearly illustrated the differentiation of the Atari Personal/Home computer products from the Atari Business products. The Home area is accented by rainbow colored banners, rich in flourescent oranges, while the Business area is a dignified Black and White. Yes, the MEGA/STE is REAL, and I am writing this first report on one! The configuration is as predicted weeks ago in Z*Net, identical construction to the TT, although in Grey rather than off-White. A pair of Serial ports are offered, as well as the local area network (Appletalk compatible) port, although the LAN and Serial 2 appear to share internal harware connections and cannot be used simultaneously. There is no SCSI port on the Mega/STE as on the TT, but all the other ports are the same. A VME bus cart slot is accessable through a panel on the back of the machine. Most of the MEGA/STE machines here have an additional serial port card installed there. The Mega/STe will have a base unit featuring 2 MEG of RAM, a switchable 16/8 Mhz acceleration (yes, SPECTRUM compatible) with or without RAM cache, and an internal 40 megabyte hard drive, the new TT style TOS/Desktop (which shows on test programs to be calling itself TOS 2.2)... and will be available "after the first of the year" for a price that is to "knock out the Mac Classic". That may be UNDER $1200! All the Mega/STe units here on display are hooked to the new Phillips 15" color monitors, the STERO SOUND units, model SC1435. This is VERY nice, large screen unit that will replace the SC1224 monitors completely, and should retail at or just above the current color monitor price. It IS a step UP. At least five Mega/STe units are set up in the Atari booth, along with more than seven TT/030 units. The TT's are running the new SC1434 color monitors that offer the new TT resolutions ($450), and at least two are on the new Phillips 19" monochrome monitors... VERRRRY impressive at under $1,000 each. The bad news is... no FCC number for the TT yet. This means NO promises on WHEN they can be shipped, despite the early assurances of "immediately after COMDEX." In keeping with the business flavor of COMDEX, the "Home" part of the Atari booth is small... featuring twin setups of 1040STe units on modems for CompuServe and GEnie. Side by side. It looks like the ONLY computer that Atari considers as a HOME unit now is the 1040STe. It may, in fact, become availble to ALL dealers of any hardware or software if plans to place the 1040STe line with national distributors come to fruition. Portfolios are all over the place, with hookups to a couple "alien" computers... a Mac SE and an IBM PS/2. It was a bit odd to see those computers in the Atari booth, but they are there to demonstrate connectivity with the palmtop Portfolio computer. Developers are arriving to populate the wide isles of the Atari exhibit, and this COMDEX again promises lots to see... starting Monday. Z*Net will offer VIDI-ST pictures as we can convert them and get them online. I expect to have additional COMDEX reports from Z*NET each day, with a complete wrapup in the next regular Z*NET issue on Friday, November 16. Don't miss it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Z*NET Atari Online Magazine is a weekly publication covering the Atari and related computer community. Material contained in this edition may be reprinted without permission. Z*Net, Z*Net Atari Online and Z*Net News Service are copyright (c) 1990, Rovac Industries Incorporated, Post Office Box 59, Middlesex, New Jersey 08846-0059. Voice (908) 968-2024, BBS (908) 968-8148 at 1200/2400 Baud 24 hours a day. 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