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From: 164485913@excalibur.UUCP (Schaffer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Does an "atari PC" exist?
Message-ID: <69@excalibur.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Mar-87 00:06:38 EST
Article-I.D.: excalibu.69
Posted: Thu Mar  5 00:06:38 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Mar-87 05:09:37 EST
References: <914@bentley.UUCP>
Organization: SWORD, Villanova University
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In article <914@bentley.UUCP>, angel@bentley.UUCP writes:
> I recently heard that Atari has a PC clone. It allegedly doesnt
> have add in slots, but comes will fully memory (640K), a PGA
> equivalent, floppy and hard disk controllers, serial and
> parallel ports. And all for less than $500.
> 
> Has anybody out there heard of such a beast?
> 
> Angel
> 

Yes, indeed, Atari does have a PC clone, and it sounds quite nice from what
I hear.  It has a switchable (4.77/8 MHz) 8086 board with 8087 socket and
comes with 512K (expandable to 640K on board) and one 5.25" floppy drive.
A second external drive (5.25" or 3.5") can be added.  There is also a serial,
a parallel, a video, a mouse, and a ST-type disk port along the rear, but
there are no expansion slots (no more room!)  The video modes supported
are the Hercules mono, CGA, and optional EGA.  I heard that there is
a special monochrome monitor that can display all modes using gray-scales.

Cost ranges from $500 (no EGA) to $700 (w/EGA & mono monitor).


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