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From: brazil@pawl.rpi.edu (Timothy E. Onders)
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Subject: Atari Transputer Workstation
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Date: 28 Mar 89 18:23:50 GMT
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Atari seems to have set a price for the ATW in the UK. The price quoted in
the present issue of Computer Shopper UK is 2,500 L, which is about $4,270
in US dollars. This price includes the monitor, 40MBy hard drive, Helios,
4Mby of RAM, 1MBy of video RAM, and a modified Mega ST motherboard. It will
be in a tower configuration. 

	Developer's have had them for a few months now,and on in Canada
already has a sophisticated color photograph editing system. The systems
are Issue 4 already, and have many of the bugs worked out.

	A good description of the Helios OS is available in the April issue
of Computer Shopper, and a full spec document is available from Distributed
Software Ltd. of Bristol, England. (0454) 612777.

Facts have been indirectly confirmed to the best of their ability under
non-disclosure agreements by Atari Canada.

Timothy Onders
brazil@pawl.rpi.edu