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From: kent@xanth.UUCP (Kent Paul Dolan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Atari Bashing (was: lots of stuff)
Message-ID: <3369@xanth.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 14-Nov-87 20:25:35 EST
Article-I.D.: xanth.3369
Posted: Sat Nov 14 20:25:35 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 16-Nov-87 03:55:37 EST
References: <1034@titan.camcon.uucp> <32936@sun.uucp> <5119@oberon.USC.EDU> <888@atari.UUCP>
Reply-To: kent@xanth.UUCP (Kent Paul Dolan)
Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk Va.
Lines: 60
Keywords: Atari Transputer Perihelion Helios
Summary: Let's see what they do, first.
Xref: mnetor comp.sys.amiga:11027 comp.sys.atari.st:6296

In article <888@atari.UUCP> neil@atari.UUCP (Neil Harris) writes:
>> >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.
>
>Internally.
>
>The ABAQ includes 3 "links", which are 10-megabit-per-second serial
>interfaces for talking to off-board transputers.
>
>Jack Lang, in his talk at the Atari press conference at Comdex, supposed a
>setup where workers each had their own transputer system on their desks,
>with all of them linked together and linked to a separate box containing
>many transputers.  As an application's need for processing power increased,
>it could pull more transputers in.  An intriguing concept -- throw the
>computer into high gear.
>-- 
>--->Neil Harris, Director of Marketing Communications, Atari Corporation
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>UUCP: ...{hoptoad, lll-lcc, pyramid, imagen, sun}!atari!neil
>GEnie: NHARRIS/ WELL: neil / BIX: neilharris / Delphi: NEILHARRIS
>CIS: 70007,1135 / Atari BBS 408-745-5308 / Usually the OFFICIAL Atari opinion
                                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Folks,
	We've got this straight from the source, and we're going to look
	stupid as hell, if we keep saying "it'll never fly", and end up
	craning our necks to watch it go over.

	Atari may have done some incredibly dumb things in the past; they've
	also built the Atari 800, a dynamite graphics engine for its day.

	The described Atari/Transputer hookup is an exciting idea.  If and
	when it works, with a really good OS, it will blow the socks off
	anything else in sight.

	That makes it a fantastic opportunity for those of us easily seduced
	by raw power.  I really do want to do real time roaming through the
	Mandelbrot and Julia sets, in the comfort of my living room.

	I think everyone who is into great home computers should be cheering
	on the PS/2, the latest Mac-wonder, and now Atari's newest goal.
	Each does something to open up the market, spur competition, lower
	prices, and add capabilities.

	Thanks to Neil for coming into enemy held territory to make a very
	temperate and informative posting.

	Try to think of this as the opposite of "no man is an island":  every
	improvement in the home computer market's offerings improves my
	prospects for my next machine, no improvement "diminishes me".

	So, I love my Amiga, I use it for hours every day, you couldn't rip
	it from my bleeding fingers, but GO ATARI!

Kent, the man from xanth.