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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: PCs, ATs, DOS, Intel chips etc./ Reasons for unhappiness?
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Date: Tue, 24-Jun-86 17:09:28 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 24 17:09:28 1986
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> >... the first company to come out with 1280x800 (mono) graphics,
> >1 meg memory, 1 MIPS, Virtual memory, and non-proprietary
> >multi-tasking in a complete system for under $1000 will shake the
> >market so badly, that the rest will have to follow.
> 
> The Commodore 900 had all this for about $3K 2 years ago.  They cancelled.

More significantly, the Atari ST comes close now, and is selling pretty
well.  The screen is too small, there is no virtual memory, and none of
the software multi-tasks, but it's close and later ones will probably
be closer.
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