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- From: saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs)
- Subject: Re: Falcon & Jaguar news
- Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:57:30 GMT
- Message-ID: <C1Guvw.A8n@chinet.chi.il.us>
- Summary: One can only hope
- Keywords: Jaguar timing
- References: <19930125.081506.274@almaden.ibm.com>
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- In article <19930125.081506.274@almaden.ibm.com> evilandi@vnet.ibm.com (Andrew Oakley) writes:
- > Page 374 of Teletext On 3 (the data service provided by the UK's ITV
- >television network) today features a brief interview with an Atari UK
- >spokescreature.
-
- Anyone know who, exactly? As we've argued over before, it's important
- to know who said something to know how seriously to take it.
-
- > The Jaguar was said to be nearly ready; it is a cartridge console with
- >custom graphics & sound chips, and will sell for UKP100-200 (USD150-300).
- >A summer/autumn 1993 launch is expected.
-
- This looks like something that should be Atari's #1 survival priority.
- Any home product ought to be in stock for Christmas, but for a game
- machine it's ultimately critical. That pretty well means launch no later
- than Sept. 1, absolutely drop dead otherwise.
-
- Steve saj@chinet.chi.il.us
-