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Conference 7.286::atarist

Title:	Atari ST, TT, & Falcon
Notice:	Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting!
Moderator:	FUNYET::ANDERSON

Created:	Mon Apr 04 1988
Last Modified:	Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1433
Total number of notes:	10312

1194.0. "Recent ST news?" by FORTY2::CADWALLADER (Rifle butts to crush you down...) Thu Oct 17 1991 11:34

Hi,

	I actually have had an AMIGA for about 2-3 years now but previously
	owned Amstrad CPC664/6128s and a 520STFM. Obviously I know all about
	the new Amiga sound chips, new OS etc... etc... but I am interested to
	hear of the latest developments in the ST field, because I am severely
	out of touch here nowadays. 

	Has anything really interesting been in the news of late, e.g. new
	machines, new OS etc.? With news of the new Archimedes 5000 and the
	"official" release of version 2.04 of the AMIGA OS, I wonder what ATARI
	has up it's sleeve for the Xmas sales pitch.

	I guess you're the guys to ask! :-)

	Cheers.

								- JIM CAD*

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1194.1	A couple of new things	PRNSYS::LOMICKAJ	Jeffrey A. Lomicka	`Thu Oct 17 1991 18:18`	14
	What's new you ask? Watch for - real soon now - a true NOTEBOOK sized Atari ST at 8Mhz, 4MB RAM, 60MB hard disk, in an A4-sized package at about �" thick, the ST-BOOK, and it's alter-ego, the ST-PAD, which is a keyboardless ST that does stroke recognition on a stylus-senitive LCD display, should be available just after :-( the Christmas rush. If I'm lucky, it will be out beforehand, but experience has made us wiser. You can get today a "Mega STe", which is a 16Mhz 68000, easily twice the speed as the original ST, and not much more expensive. Some neat new software titles, like PageStream 2.1 (Also on Amiga).
1194.2	Mega STe	FORTY2::CADWALLADER	Rifle butts to crush you down...	`Fri Oct 18 1991 06:12`	18
	Hmmmm... I hadn't heard of this, can you give me some more info about it, e.g. screen modes/colours available, RAM/expandability, sound capabilities, disk capacity etc... Is it compatible with all software or does it suffer the usual Atari incompatibility problems? When was it available, is it available in the UK and how much is it? Sounds interesting.... FYI - I have a sneaky feeling CBM will start selling A500+ machines before Xmas in UK (1Mb A500 w/ WB2.04, Super Agnus & expansion slot for further 1MB chipRAM), but who knows what the likes of CBM/Atari will do???. Thanks for the reply... - JIM CAD*