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From: chapman@fornax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Upgrading a 1040 to 4 Megs (really laser printer)
Message-ID: <182@fornax.uucp>
Date: Thu, 12-Feb-87 18:30:13 EST
Article-I.D.: fornax.182
Posted: Thu Feb 12 18:30:13 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 18-Feb-87 03:46:54 EST
References: <8702051433.AA26615@inria.UUCP> <4271@utah-cs.UUCP> <557@atari.UUCP>
Organization: Computing Science Dept, SFU,  Burnaby, B.C. Canada
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> In article <4271@utah-cs.UUCP>, atwell@utah-cs.UUCP (Bart L. Atwell) writes:
> > What about upgrading the current ST's to accept the expansion peripherals
> > that will be available on the Mega's.  It seems like there may be a lot 
> > of yet to be developed peripherals that we will miss out on unless something
> > is done. (like the Atari Laserprinter, for example)
> > 
> > Bart
> 
> The Atari laser printer will not be an expansion card which goes into
> the Mega case.  It will be a device which plugs into the DMA port at
> the back of all ST products.  You will be able to use both a hard disk
> and a laser printer because either (A) one or the other will have a DMA
> IN and a DMA OUT port (like MIDI) or (B) there will be a two-headed
> DMA cable for this purpose.
> 
> 
> /----------------------------------------------\
> | Opinions expressed above do not necessarily  |  -- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp.
> | reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else. |     ...lll-lcc!atari!apratt
> \----------------------------------------------/

Has a decision been made as to whether the laser engine and the interface
to the dma port will be bundled or sold separately, i.e. will those of us
who already have canon based laser printers be able to disconnect whatever
controller is already in the printer and buy just the atari interface to
hook up betweeen the printer and dma port?

john chapman