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From: cabbie@chinet.UUCP (Richard Andrews)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: New Atari Products
Message-ID: <1381@chinet.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7-Aug-87 02:34:17 EDT
Article-I.D.: chinet.1381
Posted: Fri Aug  7 02:34:17 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 8-Aug-87 19:41:16 EDT
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Reply-To: cabbie@chinet.UUCP (Richard Andrews)
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Keywords: 80-column box, 1200-baud sio modem, new drive

In article <24@nancy.UUCP> conklin@msudoc.UUCP writes:
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>Also, the 1200-baud modem was announced some time ago and we haven't
>heard much since, so can we safely assume this is not coming out?
 
I would not assume that at all.  

>Meanwhile, I kinda expected to see the new 8bit drive a lot sooner than
>this, since Atari has been selling an "XL look" drive to go with it's
>XEs and they _can't_ like that. Does anyone know where I can pick this
>up as well? I'd like to retire my 810 to the kitchen with the 400 as a
>local drive.
 
no comment here as I don't know...have heard that the new drive is 
needed badly because 1050's are dwindling fast.

>Please filter out any vaporware places. We've already discovered a few
>advertising vapor-software and hardware who will take your money but
>have nothing to ship. Any field comments on the quality of the 80-col
>output versus "industry standard" 640 X 400 output on other mono-text
>systems (IBM, ST) would be appreciated.
  
I have a XEP80 here (got because of my developer status) and can say it is
as good as any true 80 column  display can get.    One comment though...
the XEP will support underline, inverse video, flashing, and graphics, but
will not support any combination of the above.  In other words you can't 
have flashing text and underlined text on the same screen.  One character
in missing in the XEP...the tilde!  oops.




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