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From: cmartin@ugly.cs.ubc.ca (clemens martin 45578887)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: There is a faster ST - ST Plus with 68020
Keywords: ST Plus, 68020
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Date: 15 Dec 88 18:54:34 GMT
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A couple of days ago I found two articles in a local computer paper 'The 
Computer Paper, Vol. 1, No 11. Dec 88', which were quite interesting.

The first one reads:
> Atari Confirms ST Plus
> Slough, Bershire (NB) - Atari UK has confirmed the existence of the ST Plus, 
> as reported in last weeks NEWSBYTES UK. In addition, the company has revealed
> that a sub L (pound) 100,00  ST console (an ST minus keyboard) will be shipped
> in the UK early next year.
> According to the latest COMPUTERTRADE WEEKLY newspaper, the ST Plus, as the
> Super ST has been officially named , will be shipped in limited quantities to
> UK developers towards the end of this month. NEWSBYTES UK's  US sources have 
> also confirmed that the ST Plus is bases around the Motorola  68020 micro- 
> processor and not the 68030 chip, as was previously thought.
>  On the ST console front meanwhile, Bob Gleadow, Atari's UK managing director
> is quoted as preferring not to say to much on the console's specifications, 
> for fear of upsetting a pre - Christmas campaign in the UK aiming to push the
> old VCS and XE games consoles systems.

The second article mentions a 68030 worstation to be revealed at COMDEX, running
UNIX, not supporting TOS.  
Since I missed the nets postings on the COMDEX> Was there a machine like that?

Has anybody seen a 68020 ST? Does this machine exist? How much will it be?
Can Atari US confirm these articles, or at least disclaim that they ever said
something like that. 

Any comments on this will be greatly appreciated.

Clemens Martin.