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From: good@atari.UUCP (Roy Good)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: There is a faster ST - ST Plus with 68020
Message-ID: <1264@atari.UUCP>
Date: 16 Dec 88 19:23:11 GMT
References: <222@ubc-cs.UUCP>
Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA
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in article <222@ubc-cs.UUCP>, cmartin@ugly.cs.ubc.ca (clemens martin 45578887) says:
> 
> 
> 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) 100ST 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 030 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. 

All I can say is what I've said many times before: Don't believe anything
you read in the press! Believe your own eyes - when you actually see a
picture and review of the subject product. This applies to ANY company,
not just Atari!
I sometimes think some reporters get a bit bored, so they take 10% of each
of their last 10 conversations, not necessarily with Atari, and consolidate
them into a "new product specification". Then they go to their random
vendor generator to find a name to attach to it!  [ :-) ]
As I have said before, I promise we will make formal product announcements
on this and other nets when a product is shippable for at least alpha or
beta/developer use.

A very Merry Christmas to all our readers (this, you CAN believe!)

Roy Good/Atari