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From: preston@felix.UUCP (Preston L. Bannister)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: News From Hannover Messe
Message-ID: <2395@felix.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 8-Mar-87 19:14:40 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar  8 19:14:40 1987
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References: <921@ark.cs.vu.nl>
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Organization: FileNet Corp., Costa Mesa, CA
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Keywords: SmallTalk - Sampler - MultiTasking - Upgrades

In article <921@ark.cs.vu.nl> Patrick@ark.cs.vu.nl (Patrick van Kleef) writes:
>- There "definitely _is_ going to be an upgrade for existing
>  ST-owners to new ROM's and new Blitter. Memory upgrades
>  are likely too, but that would make make a replacement
>  of the power supply necessary (I think). Leonard told
>  me Atari's still thinking about what to do with the
>  current buggy ROM's. If the blitter's installed, new
>  ROM's come with it. But what to do with people that don't
>  want the blitter? Up to marketing, Leonard said.

As an ST owner, I would rather have a 'full' upgrade.  As a software
developer I would rather have the fewer possible configurations to
deal with.  My vote would be for one upgrade option with the works
(ROM, Blitter and memory expansion).

I would imagine that offering only one upgrade option would be less
costly for Atari.  If so then Atari could offer the upgrade for less
money and/or make more of a profit on it.

>- EXCITING!!! I saw a, wha the author called "a full" implementation
>  of SmallTalk on a MegaST 4. This was the 'hottest thing' around.
>  Just before I saw Kodak showing a SmallTalk system costing
>  megabucks. And the MegaST is gonna retail 4000 DM ($2000)!
>  Harddisk necessary though (and the 4 meg too!). I was impressed.
>  They showed a 'big' system next to the MegaST... no difference
>  but the price-gap.

Anyone know more about this????

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