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- From: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Falcon Graphics
- Date: 11 Sep 1992 20:47:35 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Reply-To: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
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- In a previous article, mhughes@comtch.spk.wa.us (Mark Hughes) says:
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- >hutch@bellman.lanl.gov (John Hutchinson) writes:
- >> As a developer, I'm just curious... how many folks in this newsgroup actually
- >> intend to buy a Falcon when (and if) they become readily available at say, ab
- >> US$799 for a 1Mb, _no_ hard drive model (which will _not_ multitask in this
- >> configuration)? How much will a 4Mb, 65Mb HD model cost? Atari has not rele
- >> pricing info yet but if $799 is about right for the low end, we would surely
- >> talking about $1299 or so, don't you think? And you'll also need a VGA monit
- >> So how many _really_ intend to buy one?
- >
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- I'm planning to buy the Falcon 030 w/4 megs and 65 meg h.d. in
- Spring of next year.
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- Oh, the reason I'm buying a Falcon 030 with 4 megs is because I've
- been told over and over by my friends that 2 megs is needed for
- VGA games.
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- I do all kinds of things with my computer and 4 megs would
- cover everything.
-
- I wish that $1399 was more like $1199, but don't we all?
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- By that time, all the bugs will be worked out and Multi-TOS will
- have many programs taking advantage of it.
-
- SPRING is it for me guys...
- > My next computer, aside from a cheapo 520 to use as a terminal, will
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