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From: gordon@sage.cs.reading.Ac.Uk (Simon Gordon)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Re: Unix for 1040ST
Message-ID: <175@sage.cs.reading.Ac.Uk>
Date: Fri, 23-May-86 17:08:09 EDT
Article-I.D.: sage.175
Posted: Fri May 23 17:08:09 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 26-May-86 01:26:45 EDT
References: <166@sage.cs.reading.Ac.Uk> <278@brueer.brueer.UUCP> <560@pucc.BITNET>
Reply-To: gordon@sage.UUCP (Simon Gordon)
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In article <560@pucc.BITNET> 6064927@pucc.BITNET writes:
>>In article <278@brueer.brueer.UUCP> ralph@brueer.UUCP (Ralph Mitchell) writes:
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>>>I've just heard a rumour that Unix will be available on 1040 ST's by about
>>>the end of this year.  Can anyone on the net confirm or deny this ??
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>>>Ralph Mitchell                  VOICE: +44 895 74000 Ext 2561
>>>Computer Centre                 ARPA:  ralph%ee.brunel.ac.uk@ucl-cs.arpa
>>>Brunel University               UUCP:  ...!mcvax!ukc!ee.brunel.ac.uk!ralph
>>>Uxbridge                        JANET: ralph@uk.ac.brunel.ee
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>>
>>Yes indeed,
>>        As I understand the situation at the end of this year/start of next
>>a new machine - the EST - will become available. This has the 68020, a blitter
>>and a better graphics chip giving 4096 colour pallette.
>>        It will run all properley written ST software, and proberbly be
>>supplied with unix as well. (unix would not work well on just the 68000 without
>>a lot more memory and hard disk)
>>
>>Simon Gordon
>>Sibly Hall
>>Reading University
>>Reading
>Can we get any confirmationm from Atari on this one? If not, can we at
>least get some more rumors from Atari people? Also, can we hear
>something more about the cheap laser printer I heard was in the works?
>-Antonio Romero        6064927@pucc.bitnet

This came out of Sam Trammel interviews in ST USER (issue 3 i think) and
ATARI USER (June issue). ---- from the horses mouth.