Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!ogcvax!omsvax!icalqa!hplabs!sri-unix!MRC@SU-SCORE.ARPA From: MRC@SU-SCORE.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Atari rumors Message-ID: <3977@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Aug-83 13:22:51 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.3977 Posted: Mon Aug 8 13:22:51 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Aug-83 14:00:49 EDT Lines: 17 From: Mark Crispin MY sources (who I believe would rather not be identified) say that Atari is in the 9th hardware revision of the 600 and it STILL doesn't work. The problem seems to be unreliability due to overheating. I can't believe that the 600XL and 800XL will be out by October, even if they got it working today there would still be a substantial lag time. My source also informs me that Atari would like to sell the 600XL for under $100. The intent is to have a cheap Atari computer once again the way the $80 400's were, but to make money on it. Perhaps they are making it too cheap and cutting corners on their engineering... -- Mark -- -------