30 Oct
2007
30 Oct
'07
1:06 a.m.
"Ensor" <classiccmp at memory-alpha.org.uk> says:
Well, most things can be excused by the fact that it was a "rush job" and
Rush job? Please tell me you're not refering to that "the ST was going to
be based off Amiga technology, and when Jack lost access he threw the ST
together" missinformation by RJ? ;)
it's quite surprising what they achieved in such a
short time (what was it,
6 months from start to shop shelf?).
Bit longer than that. ;) The ST's were "officially" started in May of
'84, demonstrated at the Jan '85 Winter CES, and shipped to distributors
in July of '85.
Although according to my talks with Leonard Tramiel, they were 90% done by
the time his father bought Atari Consumer (mainly needing an OS). Which
would lend credence to the claim that Shiraz based them on material he had
been working on at Commodore.
Marty