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| R.I.P STFM | D E A D - C E L E B R I T I E S
|(We had some)|
|(Good laughs)| ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ PART III ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
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| 1985 - 1991 | (I bet you know what this one)
| + | (is about.....)
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This is a somewhat more sombre DEAD CELEBRITIES spot than the
last two issues, as it deals with the end of production of no less
than the baseline ST, the STFM!!
It now seems certain, that with the recent STE price drop to
£300.00 (UK) and the replacement of the STFM-based Discovery pack,
with the Discovery Xtra, containing an STE, that the STFM has only
got a limited future, and pretty soon (After Xmas?) the 'FM will
be discontinued..
This can be seen as inevitable, in the light of Atari launching
several new ST models in the coming year, the MEGA STE being the
soonest, with such items as the ST PAD and NOTEBOOK machines to
follow. Atari UK's current advertising is for the whole family of
ST-based machines, starting at the STE, as the baseline machine,
moving on to the Mega STE, and selling the TT as the top of the
range (The first time the TT has been widely advertised) The poor
old 'FM is nowhere to be seen...
It is not known, at this time whether production has stopped yet,
but it is beyond doubt that Atari will be pushing out the STE in
larger than ever numbers for this coming Xmas, and it must come to
a stage soon, where the only STFM's left to sell, are remaindered
stock..
In spite of the above, there are still a lot of STFM's in the
world, and the STE and other machines are only slowly going to
replace them, if you remember how long it has taken double-sided
disk drives on 512k machines to gain acceptance, then there is
nothing to fear for a long time yet...
So it is farewell ST, long live the STE (But not until the new
year probably, then again, how many new ST's are STFM's these
days??)
THe latest news from Atari raises the prospect of a 1992 launch
for no less than FOUR new ST models, described as phenomonal or
'wow' machines by no less than Sam Tramiel, which cater for both
entertainment and serious uses..
Also, that Transputer board (STT) discussed in issue four, IS a
reality, it seems, and will be launched at the end of the year for
attachment to Mega-STE's...
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CHRIS SAYS:- "Upgrade now, you know it makes sense.."
Moving swiftly on to:-
D E A D - N O N E N T I T I E S
1. We've got a special one in this category too, our dear friends
OCEAN SOFTWARE have apparently laid-off nearly a third of their
staff, is it the recession, or else, as we have long suspected,
that most of their games are programmed by the tea boy, or a
trained Rottweiler... Their latest releases certainly do not
inspire the thought that skill and craftsmanship have reared their
ugly heads in the Ocean 'Hit Factory'...
2. I think Mike has already given POWER COMPUTING a "Special
mention" in the previous issue for their oh-so wonderful ULTIMATE
RIPPER cartridge...
3. STAMPEDE is still dead (unlike Elvis Presley, there have been
no new 'Sightings' by the World Society for Braindeath...)
4. TCB TRACKER, I opened a new box of Cornflakes this morning, and
guess what fell out into my dish!!
(And it now seems that Audio Sculpture is not going to be with us
until September, at the earliest - It needs a re-write apparently)
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P.S.
Congratulations to Microdeal for their 'Brave and 'Different
approach to computer music... (Who needs .MOD's ?!?!)
Let's keep this short, so it's bye bye from me, CIH (C) 24/6/91