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- From: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: The Falcon has landed-NOT!
- Date: 11 Nov 1992 02:27:02 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <1992Nov10.121827.26661@cs.hw.ac.uk>
- Reply-To: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
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- In a previous article, kgrubb@cee.hw.ac.uk (Kevin J Grubb) says:
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- >When will Atari ever get it right? It happend with the Mega, Mega STe and now the Falcon.
- >Will they ever put the user first and deliver the goods on time? I first got my hands on
- >a pre-production Falcon in July and was like every one else, impressed. Admitidly, the
- >Falcon was a friend's, but I could not wait to buy my own. Release sometime early October,
- >October arrives, no Falcon! Now I learn that Atari are planning to release a limited
- >number of 4MB, HD-Falcons in the first week of December, but no 1MB, no HD-Falcon!!
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-
- Yes, you have that right. Atari needs to start getting themselves together.
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- I was hoping that Atari would have at least 10,000 units out there SOMEWHERE.
-
- Of course, there would be no way that Atari would be able to capitalize on
- this Christmas market.
-
- >Come on Atari! How can you possibly miss the Christmas market?? The basic Falcon is the
- >only one that most users can afford, and will be the best seller. I for one can't afford
- >nearly 900 pounds! Commodore panicked when they heard about the Falcon, and have managed
- >to produce the goods with the 1200, a good computer, but not a scratch on the Falcon.
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-
- And your right again, rumors about the Falcon030 have been around since late
- Spring of '92.
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- These rumors have given COMMODORE plenty of time to get something ready
- for the Falcon030 when it is finally released...
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- I'll bet by the time the Falcon030 is released, we see an Amiga 800 or
- something that will compete directly with it.
-
- >Basicly Atari and Commodore produce good computers, but Atari has crap organisation and
- >their marketing stinks. I am one P****D Atari user.
- >
- >I know I am not alone, Atari should also know the extent of their madness.
- >
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-
- But you heard Greg Pratt at the November, 1991 Atari Show.
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- He said that Atari will no doubt release a new computer next year, but
- no one should count on getting one until January 1993.
-
- I have a lot of respect for Greg Pratt and when he left, I became VERY worried
- about the company.
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