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From: meulenbr@cstw01.UUCP (Frans Meulenbroeks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Blitter (Was: Re: TOS 1.4 vs NEODESK and UIS-II)
Message-ID: <350@cstw01.UUCP>
Date: 13 Mar 89 08:48:13 GMT
References: <418@ultb.UUCP> <1383@atari.UUCP>
Reply-To: meulenbr@cstw01.UUCP (Frans Meulenbroeks)
Organization: Centre for Software Technology, Philips Eindhoven
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In article <1383@atari.UUCP> jansen@atari.UUCP (Mark O. Jansen) writes:
>Everything I have heard has said that Atari _is_ planning to make TOS 1.4
>available to owners of existing machines.  TOS 1.4 is a very different

*** SARCASM ON ***

Yes Mark. 

We've all heard this before.
I bought my 1040 about 2.5 year ago, expecting to be able to add a
blitter soon. Blitters are being delivered with Mega's already quite a
time, and despite the fact that Atari has promised the availability of
blitters to us old-timers, I still have to see one.

Same holds for 1.4. It is announced long long ago. 
However I don't believe it before I see it.

Anyway, since my system uses tos less and less, I'll probably burn a few
roms to contain minix instead of tos, and keep a disk version for the
few programs I still use.....

*** SARCASM OFF **

Still a 1040 makes a nice piece of hardware, much better than those AT
boxes with segmentation and that kind of problems....

Regards,
-- 
Frans Meulenbroeks        (meulenbr@cst.prl.philips.nl)
	Centre for Software Technology
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