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From: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth)
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Subject: Re: memory upgrade woes on a Mega 1
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Date: 26 Mar 91 09:13:49 GMT
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In article <8153@crash.cts.com> chuckie@pro-odyssey.cts.com (Chuck Schul)
writes:
]was there really a mega one st?also a 256 version of the st ever out?i hear
]these things but never heard of anyone having one?

Yes I think Mega 1 did exist, briefly, and there was an unreleased 260ST and
even a 130ST! I also read here once of a unreleased product that somehow
escaped called a PS3000. I believe it was a SM124 like monitor with a built
in floppy drive. I guess, when combined with the old driveless 520ST, it
looked about as Mac like as an ST could get. It would look pretty swell on
top of a Mega now.

Not only that but the first STE that ST World (UK) reviewed was badged as a
4160STE though I never saw that for sale. Nor a 2080STE for that matter.

I upgraded my STF to 2.5 Mb recently and just for fun worked out what that
number meant in terms of badge number. 520ST * 5 = 2600ST. 2600 is the name
of an Atari game console!

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