From: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
Subject: Re: Amiga 4000/Atari Falcon
Reply-To: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 16:07:53 GMT


In a previous article, kentd@FtCollins.NCR.com (Kent Dalton) says:

>>>>>> On 27 Jul 92 18:39:52 GMT, zxmgn01@mailserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (Philipp Knirsch) said:
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>Philipp> In <Todd_Petit.0k97@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US> Todd_Petit@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Todd Petit) writes:
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>>I can't believe that anyone would think that the Falcon is in any way a
>>threat to the Mac or the Amiga for that matter. If you think C= has
>>marketing problems, take a good hard look at Atari! The Falcon is not
>>unique enough to garner any interest in the general market--no one will pay
>>any attention to it.

Well, supposely the Falcon has better graphics, better sound, most likely
better multi-tasking, most likely faster, MIDI support, LAN support,
expandability, etc...

No, I wouldn't say Amiga has anything to worry about.

>>From: todd_petit@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US
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>Philipp> Thats your opinion.... But not mine...
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>It sounds like none of the Falcon supporters are aware that the Falcon
>is going to be an unexpandable 68030 box with good gfx and a DSP and
>hacked up "TOS" for an OS, NOT the 68040 "dream box" whose specs were
>misreported after the CeBIT show (this information is gleaned from
>developer's who have advance machines and post tidbits to
>comp.sys.atari.st). It sounds much more like a slayer
>game box than anything else.

There was no 68040 "dream box" that Atari users were looking forward to.
In case you do not remember, there were SEVERAL Commodore "dream machines"
that were made up by Commodore users as a joke.

There is a rumor of a Falcon 68040 but there is NO specs.  The same
rumors that were reported about the Falcon at Cebit are for the most
part still around today.  The only difference is that Atari Corp.
Atari Explorer Online is confirming these rumors.

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>I'm betting the computer user community's reaction to the Falcon will
>be identical to Wayne Campbell's reaction to the "Suck&Cut" hair cutting
>system: "Well, it certainly does suck."

I bet that MANY Commodore Amiga users get sick of waiting for Commodore
to release some new computers that were probably not slated for release
until early 1994.

I doubt you will see any new Amiga until the second half of 1993.

I bet most of these users will not go IBM compatible since they don't
like compatibles.  Instead, they will go Falcon 030 IF ATARI PROVES
they have changed.  They have to prove it by better marketing and support
and less costly mistakes.

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>And it will be late. IMHO, Atari should forget about being a computer
>company and concentrate on home video gaming systems and portable
>data-management products. They seem to do an excellent job on those.
>The Lynx and Portfolio are fine products!

They never invtented those.  They purchased this technology.

I think if Atari has a chance to take back some market from Amiga and Mac,
why not?  It seems as if Atari is at least 6 months ahead of Commodore--
maybe not Apple.

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>Let's face it, the personal computer war is over. The PC compatible
>nuked the entire planet, the Mac survived in a mouse shaped bomb
>shelter, the Amiga just barely survived and has what is probably a
>terminal case of radiation poisoning, and Atari just up and died. (I love
>silly analogies. :^) The Falcon could be the greatest box ever made and
>it still probably wouldn't sell well, anyway (same but to a lesser
>degree with the A4000)

Hasn't anyone ever told you that it isn't over until it's over?

Small personal computers like Atari and Commodore still have niche
markets left.  The company that sees this will continue to be a strong
player in the personal computer industry for at least two-three years.

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