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From: kevin@voder.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: CES Announcement
Message-ID: <2954@voder.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 8-Jun-87 15:53:29 EDT
Article-I.D.: voder.2954
Posted: Mon Jun  8 15:53:29 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jun-87 02:05:39 EDT
References: <750@atari.UUCP>
Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara
Lines: 17
Keywords: drive
Summary: Seeing is believing?

In article <750@atari.UUCP>, neil@atari.UUCP (Neil Harris) writes:
> 
> At the CES last week, Atari unveiled a new disk drive for the 8-bit line of
> computers.  Dubbed the XF551, this 5.25" drive is double sided, double
> density (total of 360K storage), runs 3 times faster than the Atari 1050
> drive, and will sell for about the same price when the new drive becomes
> available later this year.

   Like any thing announced from Atari I'll believe it when I can go down to
the local computer store and BUY it!  As far as I'm concerned until then it
just doesn't exist.

-- 
Kevin Thompson   {ucbvax,pyramid,nsc}!voder!kevin

"It's a sort of threat, you see.  I've never been very good at them
  myself but I'm told they can be very effective."