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From: jwt@atari.UUCP (Jim Tittsler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: various questions and comments
Message-ID: <1334@atari.UUCP>
Date: 6 Feb 89 17:49:53 GMT
References: <8902030445.AA05491@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
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Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale, CA
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in article <8902030445.AA05491@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, SHAFFERJ@BKNLVMS.BITNET (Jim Shaffer) says:

> (5)  Anyone know if the new Atari DOS is out yet?  I read somewhere
> (I've forgotten where) that it was, but the February issue of ANALOG says
> that it isn't.  What's going on?!  And when it does come out, will we have
> to pay full price or will there be some sort of trade-in policy like
> the change from 3.0 to 2.5?

Yes, the Atari DOS XE diskette and manual are available from the Customer
Relations Department ($10 + $3.50 S&H).  A demonstration copy has been
sent to each of the user groups, so you may be able to check it out before
ordering.

DOS XE works only with the XL and XE series of Atari 8bit computers (i.e.
it does NOT work with the original 400 and 800).  A portion of the operating
system is stored under the ROMs to keep MEMLO down to a "compatible" level.

Jim Tittsler, Systems Engineer, Atari Corp.  {ames, portal}!atari!jwt
1196 Borregas Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA  94089