Re: TOS platform (Re: Opera)

[q-funk@megacom.net (Martin-Eric Racine)]

 >> 2) active ST users who would like to get a better Atari, but have no
 >>    money.[...] we can make the Falcon/TT platform more attractive.
 >
 >However, there is one big, HUGE problem: There isn't any new hardware
 >to buy... Try getting a TT, it's close to impossible these days. It's
 >easier to get a Falcon, but impossible to get any decent hardware 
 >(e.g. graphics-cards or 040/060 accelerators) for it.

Here I must disagree; according to Computer Direct and other Canada/US
dealers, only 4000 Falcons were sold within America, whereas close to
10000 TT were delivered for Canada/US.  Falcons sold mostly in Europe.

Newsgroup comp.sys.atari.st proves my point:  americans sell their TT,
but try locating a second-hand Falcon within Canada/US; Good luck!
I've been trying to get a Falcon myself and it's impossible.

 >> 2) An ethernet card for Falcon & TT, for a reasonable price. It may
 >> be just a connector for a PC ethernet. These days its a need.
 >
 >....and MiNTnet-drivers for various ISA/PCI ethernet-cards for the new
 >clones.

Sven was working on it, and 3 Hades/Milan developpers have recently
regrouped to uniformize their BIOS extensions for PCI/ISA access so
future products can work on both Hades and Milan.



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