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From: ditzel@ssc-bee.UUCP (Charles L Ditzel)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: questions : os9,unix,rumors
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Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 18:33:12 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 14 18:33:12 1985
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Question 1 :
Does anyone know for a *fact* (as opposed to rumor) if anyone is working
on porting os9 or some unixlike environment to the ST?

Question 2 :
There has been a *rumor* drifting about (especially among sales people)
that Atari is working on module for the ST that will snap into that side
expansion slot.  The rumor continues that the module contains : 1) a full
32 bit National Semiconductor chip (NS320xx ?) that becomes the main
processor (?) and 2) the 68000 thereafter is used for i/o only????  Anyone
know if this is 1)possible and 2)if anything remotely close to this is 
being worked on?

Question 3 :
Does anyone know where the '50,000+ Atari's sold' number is coming from?

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Trying to pin down hype versus fact.