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  4. äThislittlesnippetfirstemergedinissue11andseemedto
  5. describeaforthcomingrevolutioninnewAtarihardware..
  6. Unfortunately,likesomanyotherAtariprojects,itwasdoomed
  7. fromthestartandnevergotanyfurtherthantheprototype
  8. stage..Arecentlyobtainedpicture(seeabove)indicatesthat
  9. Atariwereworkingverycloselywithaveryunlikelycollaborator!
  10. AforetasteoftheJaguar/IBMpartnershipperhaps?
  11. Ç
  12. äOfthetwopartiesinvolvedinthisabortivejointventure,Intel
  13. clearlygotthebestfromthedeal!!
  14. Ç
  15. äCiH,Feb'97Ç
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  18. üATLASTANEWHARDWAREREVOLUTIONÇ
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  20. üLOO-PUTER'030dearieme..Ç
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  22. (TheMachinethatAtarididn'ttellyouabout!!!!)
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  24. DeepinadarkenedbasementinSunnyvale,Californiasitsoneof
  25. Atari'smostmagnificantbutultimatelydoomedventures.Waiting
  26. foritschaintobepulled..
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  28. Thiswasaporcelain-based,stateofthearttwo-waydigital
  29. effluentprocessingsystem,abletohandlethebiggest"Jobs"that
  30. cameitsway..Theanticipatedbreakthroughconceptinbathroom-
  31. basedhardwarecametonoughtwhenSamTramielreportedlysaid
  32. "WhattheF*ckinghellisthatpieceofcrap,let'sbreakthe
  33. habitofalifetimeanddosomethingsensibleforachange
  34. instead.."(ButtheFalconisanotherstory..)
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  36. äSpecifications:-Ç
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  38. OnePorcelainR-MitageShankzCPUwithveryRISC-Y'U-Bend'
  39. internalarchitecture...Optionaluseradd-oncodenamedäChicken
  40. MadrascurryÇ'todoubleuserthroughput,literallyovernight..ä
  41. Ç
  42. Domest/OS,kills99%ofallknownbugsdead..
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  44. OneDS-Peechip..
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  46. Enhancedbinaryprocessing,nomorezeroandonestate,this
  47. systemuses"Numberones"and"Numbertwos"..
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  49. Graphix:-4096shadesofbrown,someyellow,dependsonuser
  50. kidneyandbowelfunction..
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  52. Sound:-Choicebetweengushingwaterysounds,loudsuddenplops,
  53. andirregularthunder-likenoise,likethethunderstormis
  54. visitingasewageplant..
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  56. Unusualchoiceofdiskdrive,largeandblackwithaholeinthe
  57. middle,theusersitsonit..
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  59. RevolutionaryNOVISUALDISPLAY!(Unlesssomebiggerandolder
  60. boysdecidetoputyourheaddownit..)
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  62. Atleastonegamebundledwithitatrelease,äToiletDuckHunter..Ç
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  64. LargeandattractivelystyledRESETor'SystemFlush'button,
  65. whichisactuallyahandleonthefrontoftheunit..
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  67. Whoknowswhatmighthavebeenifitwasreleased???
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  69. ä(Andthisseemedlikeagoodideaforanarticleatthetime??)Ç
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  71. (C)CIH-21/9/92..
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