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From: aegroup@tekigm.UUCP (Dennis Ward)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Atari Prototypes
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Date: Wed, 20-Nov-85 11:17:04 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 20 11:17:04 1985
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Does anyone own or have seen any of the following announced Atari computers
(either prototype, early production or ?) that they might be willing to discuss
and/or possibly sell?

The model numbers that I am interested in more information in and possibly
obtaining are:
         1400XL
	 1450XLD
	 1600XL
	 CP/M Module
	 1090XL Expansion Box

Some information has been published on both the 1400XL and the 1450XLD,
catalogs, etc. and there is some evidence that both of these saw limited
production.  I have not been able to find out to much about the 1600XL, but
speculation seems to be that it was the first prototype for the eventual 130XE
put out by the current Atari Corp.   I have seen early prototype 1090XL
expansion boxes that were not complete (i.e. no circuit board cards and
incompete stuffing of components) with no documentation.  Sear's apparently did
sell some of the CP/M modules but how many?  (Sear's did catalog both the
1450XLD and the CP/M module, but admitted to only ever stocking the CP/M module
when I tried to order both--they said that they had never received any
1450XLD's and then later said that they were out of CP/M modules.)

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