Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!singer
From: singer@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (Matthew R. Singer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari + Next, Inc.?
Message-ID: <872@xn.LL.MIT.EDU>
Date: 20 Jan 88 13:47:57 GMT
References: <518UD140469@NDSUVM1> <952@atari.UUCP>
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA
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Summary: atari 68030???

In article <952@atari.UUCP>, neil@atari.UUCP (Neil Harris) writes:
> In article <518UD140469@NDSUVM1>, UD140469@NDSUVM1.BITNET writes:
> > [a line for the line eater]
> >      I was skimming through a recent (this week's?) Infoworld and happened
> > upon some interesting rumors in the "Robert X. Cringely" rumor column in the
> > back.
> >      
> >      According to the little blurb, Atari is working with Next, Inc. on
> > creating a 68020 machine that could run Mac & ST software.
> 
> Nice idea, but don't believe a word of it.
> 
> I called Cringely on the phone as soon as I read the piece.  Somehow, I
> don't think he bought this story either.  :-)
> 
> -- 
> --->Neil Harris, Director of Marketing Communications, Atari Corporation
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Neil,

   Care to comment on this???

   In the January issue of Unix World it is stated  that Sig Hartmann says
a 68030 based machine that will run UNIX System V is in the works and
WILL BE AVAILABLE IN 1988.  

   But then again, the same article says the ST uses a 68010...


Matt Singer