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From: towns@atari.UUCP (John Townsend)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari Explorer & TT
Message-ID: <1425@atari.UUCP>
Date: 3 Apr 89 22:06:42 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:
> 
[my comments from a previous message..]
>>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).
> 
> -- 
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Thank you for your flames! For the rest of the net, the TT is a real product
that will make it to market. You can bet on this! (unless your name is Pete
Rose :-)

Please see my comments above concerning release of specifications.

-- John Townsend
   Atari Corporation