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- From: hrs@aber.ac.uk (Herbert Martin Sauro)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Reason for Falcon delay
- Keywords: Falcon, delay, improved
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.094054.5173@aber.ac.uk>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 09:40:54 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.085033.18063@ugle.unit.no>
- Organization: University of Wales, Aberystwyth
- Lines: 29
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- In article <1992Nov12.085033.18063@ugle.unit.no> anderss@colargol (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...)
- >
- > | | | Anders Skar
- > |_| _ _| _ _ _ Trondheim College of Engineering
- > | | | | | | |_| | |_ anderss@edb.tih.no
- > | | | | |_| |_ | _| 68040 - You can't outrun the lightning
-
- And can I ask how you come to know all this information? i.e. is it true?
-
- Herb
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