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- From: 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Reason for Falcon delay
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.201638.11852@bsu-ucs>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 01:16:38 GMT
- References: Re: Reason for Falcon delay <H.7hSqAcXoMDs@fredrik.atari.no>
- Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's
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- In article <H.7hSqAcXoMDs@fredrik.atari.no>, jornmoe@fredrik.atari.no (Joern Moe) writes:
- > In <1992Nov12.085033.18063@ugle.unit.no>, anderss writes:
- >>
- >>
- >> The reason for the delay of the Falcon is that Atari has
- >>pulled it back and redesigned the graphics system. This was done
- >>when they got the specifications for the A1200. The Falcon has now
- >>been improved with higher graphic resolutions, the max. resolution
- >>is now 1280*960. (I don't know how many colors there will be in this
- >>resolution). This is done to ensure that the Falcon is better than
- >>the A1200 in all ways!!!
- >> The minimum RAM config. will now be 4MB, and the new Falcon will
- >>cost the same as the 1MB Falcon was supposed to ship for.
- >> Machines should be shipping by the end of next week. (Unless Atari
- >>decide something else...)
- >>
- >
- >
- > This is NOT the fact (I know for sure)!
-
- This is a fact, I know.....TRUST me!
-
- This is not a fact....no, really, I've got the dope!
-
- Would everyone please stop trying to get us to believe these rumors on faith,
- and send a little backup in the form of sources with these 'facts'?
-
- Until I see a little more substantiality to these claims you can all blow
- me....The Falcon will be out when we see it and it'll do whatever it does
- however fast they wanna make it do it. No really.....beleive me!
-