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From: neil@atari.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Extension boards for the Mega-STs?
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Date: Tue, 24-Mar-87 13:46:53 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 24 13:46:53 1987
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In article <8703231057.AA11904@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, ZRFA1@DS0RUS51.BITNET writes:

> In an interview with a german magazine Shiraz Shivij said
> that Atari has finished the development of a board with the
> 68881 on it. Does somebody (Neil) know when this board will
> be available, and which languages are going to support it.

From what I hear, the 68881 board was simply built to show what could be
done for the Mega ST using the expansion bus.  If we plan to use it as a
product, it's news to me.  Sounds like the sort of product that would be a
perfect opportunity for a third party vendor to sell.


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