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From: good@atari.UUCP (Roy Good)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari Explorer & TT
Message-ID: <1413@atari.UUCP>
Date: 28 Mar 89 20:49:25 GMT
References: <664@forty2.UUCP>
Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA
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in article <664@forty2.UUCP>, poole@forty2.UUCP (Simon Poole) says:
> 
> In article <1397@atari.UUCP> towns@atari.UUCP (John Townsend) writes:
>>in article <661@forty2.UUCP>, poole@forty2.UUCP (Simon Poole) says 
>  (about the TT)  :
> ....
>>> (or something like that) part. Does this mean that Atari has actually
>>> commited themselves to building it (and will release it's specs)?
> ....
>>Recently in a GEnie Conference, Sam Tramiel stated that Atari Corporation
>>is working on 68030 based products (i.e. the 'TT). However, until these 
>>products are further along, we will not release any specifications.
> 
> With others words the answer is NO (matter of fact Sam Tramiel saying 
> that Atari is working on something normally means that it will never be a
> product), this is just for the benefit of those on the net that do not
> have three and a half years experience of Atari watching (and interpreting
> statements from Atari).
> 
Aw....come on now Simon! At Hannover earlier this month we had an 030 in
"developer" skins running a modified (but not optimized) TOS 1.4 for the
whole duration. We are VERY committed to the product. We are NOT committed
to rushing a product to market before we are satisfied that it is a solid
and reliable design and satisfies our perception of market need. Granted the
'030 system was not on the main display area (unlike ATW, "Stacy", "Folio"
etc), but nor was another enhanced product we previewed to "certain parties".
Atari has adopted a policy of not showing or formally announcing new products
until they are pretty much "Beta-ready", and the '030 is one of them - in
spite of MANY articles about it in many areas.
And for the record, the UN*X port is progressing well also for the '030.

Roy Good/Atari