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- From: michael.smith@f842.n800.z3.fido.zeta.org.au (michael smith)
- Message-ID: <3_800_842_fidonet2b2fb332@Kralizec.fido.zeta.org.au>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: word on US falcons???
- Organization: Fidonet. Gate admin is fido@socs.uts.edu.au
- Date: 16 Dec 92 23:50:28 GMT
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- Original to: ekrimen@wet.UUCP
- In a message of <06 Dec 92 01:28:30>, ekrimen@wet.UUCP (3:713/602) writes:
-
- >> I thought the ST Book was cancelled, though that may be a
- misunderstanding
- >> on my part. Certainly the ST Pad is gone.
- e>
- e> The ST Book is being redesigned and the ST Pad (STylus) was scrapped. I
- e> guess Atari didn't want to turn out like Momenta. :^)
-
- I read a depressing article in the Oz weekly PC rag (PC week of all things
- 8) about "pad" style computers - everyone that they surveyed agreed that
- they were the wave of the future, but _NOBODY_ was planning on buying any.
- (we're talking major companies, consultancies, etc here)
-
- Whether atari found the same thing, or the tramiels just love this keyboard
- (ick 8) ... I dunno.
-
- e> ||| Ed Krimen
-
- \`miff` /|\
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