Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!pprg.unm.edu!hc!lll-winken!uunet!portal!atari!kbad From: kbad@atari.UUCP (Ken Badertscher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Seeking the new TOS Summary: It'll be out when it's out. Keywords: TOS 1.4, release, OS Message-ID: <1484@atari.UUCP> Date: 6 May 89 05:12:05 GMT References: <8905040321.AA21585@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <3752@nunki.usc.edu> Reply-To: kbad@atari.UUCP (Ken Badertscher) Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 37 In article <3752@nunki.usc.edu> rjung@sal13.usc.edu (Robert allen Jung) writes: | In article <8905040321.AA21585@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> TK0GRM1@NIU.BITNET (Gordon Meyer) writes: | >Where in the world is the new TOS??? What's the problem Atari?!? | | According to the April ST Informer, Atari announced at CeBIT that they | will release TOS 1.4 when it works on _both_ the ST and the upcoming | Atari TT computer. So if the TT comes out in August (estimated date), | then so wil TOS 1.4. | | Can anyone at Atari confirm/refute this statement? Refute. It's in the pipeline, people, and it's out of my hands. I'm one of the engineer-types here at Atari that turns TOS source code into eproms. Since it's out of my hands now, that should tell you something. It is most definitely NOT true that we are waiting for TT support before releasing TOS 1.4. TOS that runs on the TT will be as compatible as we can make it, but it will (obviously) be different. Registered developers will be able to buy TOS PROMs RSN (and I DO mean REAL soon); contact jpatton@atari now for details. Other people will have to wait until we have actual ROMs manufactured and in distribution to service centers. For the non-techweenies out there, PROM chips are like ROMs, but they are programmable. ROMs are cheaper than PROMs because we can make them cheaply in mass quantities. However, it takes longer to get the ROMs manufactured; PROMs can be ordered in (relatively) small lots with (relatively) fast turnaround from many companies that provide that kind of service. -- ||| Ken Badertscher (ames!atari!kbad) ||| Atari R&D System Software Engine / | \ #include