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Subject: Blit/ROM upgrades
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Date: Tue, 10-Mar-87 21:28:11 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 10 21:28:11 1987
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imagen!atari!leavens@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (Alex Leavens) writes:
>>  Will people who don't want to upgrade to the blitter be able to get
>>  new debugged ROMS?  I hope so...
>
>  There's been no final decision made on this--I think Leonard's comment
>about "Leaving this up to marketing types" was more of a hedge than an actual
>statement of intent.  At this point I think we want  your input.  How many
>of you _aren't_ going to upgrade to blitters, but still  want the ROMS?
>
>--alex @ Atari

Let me put in my vote AGAINST having a ROM w/o blitter upgrade.
As an Atari dealer, I can see a real nightmare arising from this-
if there was a ROM/no blitter upgrade, there would end up being
two classes of ST's out there for all of eternity, those with the
blitter upgrade, those without it.  We'd be in a quandry about
which software worked with which version of the upgrade, the
developers would have to write a blitter/non blitter version of
their software, we'd have to explain to customers who don't know
a lot about computers which upgrade they should get (argh), etc.
etc. etc.   It would be total confusion.  I think that
when Atari comes out with the upgrade, it should be ONE upgrade
that everyone should be expected to get.  Within a few months,
everyone would have it, and there would once again be only one
type of ST-- the kind with the blitter.  Since the Mega-ST's will
have the blit chip installed, it is unrealistic to expect Atari
to continue supporting non-blit machines when all the new ones
will have the chip.

Michael P. Cohan   MCOHAN@UMASS.BITNET, Mikecohan on DELPHI

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