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- On Thu, 29 Feb 1996, Magnus Kollberg wrote:
-
- > Do anyone know if this is true?
- >
- > I have heard that Atari have sold the rights of TOS and their computers
- > to Wizztronics! If this is true, it's _very_ good news indeed.
-
- Well, it can be true, although my first impression would be: "one more
- rumour for the road...". Anyway, I'd love to see a *strong* maker of
- Atari computers - not a firm that can't afford to manufacture them..
- Perhaps we should ask the firm that makes Amigas (with PPC processor..)
- to adopt Falcon, too ;-) !
-
- > As you all know Wizztronic is developing the Barrracuda (040 add on
- > for the falcon) and the Hawk (030 add on for the falcon). But it
- > doesn't stopp here. Wizztronic have also developed a new computer based
- > on the falcon030 and it's up and running since last year (atleast that
- > is what I have been told).
-
- Oh, promises, promises and promises... If they could just get something
- ready for a change =( !
-
- > They have spoken about it in AEO a bit some time ago. It will come in
- > several models (like the falcon should have done from the start) and
- > the basic model will be fully upgradable. The basic model is still
- > an 030 but with a higher clock rate and can be replaced with an 040
- > later on. It does also have a real 32-bit bus and expansion slots.
-
- It'd better have them, but I wonder whether they, or anyone, have the
- skills to do that... Falcon probably is a tricky bird to clone.
- Doug probably knows quite a lot of this subject, I think?
-
- > If this is true is another matter, but if the first rumor is true
- > that Atari have sold the right of TOS and the computer line it _is_
- > good news. :-)))))))
-
- Wasn't it C-Lab they gave their rights to..?
- Well, who lives, he/she shall see.
-
- Well, another thing: how difficult/easy it would be to replace
- Afterburner's 040 CPU with 060 ..?
-
- Tommi
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