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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
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Subject: Lies (was: Re: Atari/Perihelion Transputer Machine Spec)
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Date: Tue, 10-Nov-87 20:27:03 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 10 20:27:03 1987
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>     Permission to reprint or excerpt is granted only if the following line
>appears at the top of the article:

Sorry, but this is plain advertising. NO WAY I'll quote the real thing. It 
should have been:

     Jack TRAMIEL, COPYRIGHT 1987.  REPRINTED BY PERMISSION

>workstations.  A single transputer can deliver over ten times the power of
>an IBM PC AT.  However, there's even greater strength in numbers.  You can
>connect two, 10, 100 or even MORE transputers to create a relatively
>low-cost computer workstation with the power of a supercomputer.

False. The "standard" number of Transputers on the ABAQ system is 1 (ONE).
The maximum is 13.

>No firm delivery
>date is set, but late 1988 seems to be the most talked-about time frame.
>From a first-hand view, the crisp, vibrant graphics (such as four separate
>pictures running simultaneously) were drawing crushing crowds.

Not Really. I dropped in twice at the ATARI booth and the smallest crowds
were at the ABAQ setup.  Both times I was able to talk with Tim King,
since NOBODY else was around.

-- Marco