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From: neil@atari.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Upgrading a 1040 to 4 Megs
Message-ID: <579@atari.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 4-Mar-87 13:45:27 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  4 13:45:27 1987
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In article <2337@usceast.UUCP>, tech@usceast.UUCP (Bill Wood) writes:

> While I kind of agree with the sentiments stated above. I.E. Being
> positive in a bad situation and yelling if that doesn't work. Perhaps we
> are mad at the wrong people.
>
> I am MAD AS HELL AT DIGITAL RESEARCH!!!

While I cannot, in my official capacity here, cast aspersions on Digital
Research, there are certainly those who echo Bill Wood's sentiments.  The
bottom line is, GEM was there when we needed it.  The alternative, Windows,
would have probably taken an extra year, a year we could not afford.

We've been working hard at going through the code and making it work as best
we can, especially in the case of problems (like the 40 folder limit) that
turn up as we go along.

All in all, a most interesting set of observations, Bill.

> 	By the way Neil, if you are reading this, I sure hope that you
> guys will remember us when you get around to designing you 32-bit
> system. I would very much rather give you guys $1500.00 or so for a box
> that will work with my Supra drive on the DMA port than have to sell my
> system and do the dreaded market search for a 32-bit system. So here is
> my vote for a box that can use the ST as a fast terminal instead or
> possibly in addition to the 1024 squared system I am sure you guys are
> designing.

As a matter of fact, the system you describe is almost exactly what we're
working on.  In the works is a 68020-based system which has none of its own
I/O except for a pair of DMA ports.  It will plug into the back of a current
ST computer and act as a high-powered number cruncher.  The 68881 and
Motorola MMU will also be part of the hardware, with UNIX system V or some
close relation being the software part.  The ST acts as a "genius terminal".

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