4 Mar
2005
4 Mar
'05
9:01 p.m.
Neither do I, I can assure you, I have no liking for many things he and
his sons did to Atari... It just would've been interesting to see, if
the company hadn't of been sold for say another 6 months, just what
might've changed:
The 1450XLD computer would've been released
The 1090XL Expansion chassis would've been released along with the CP/M
module, 80 column module and several other cards.
The Atari 7800 would've been released in 1984 instead of 1986 and with
GCC's top notch coders at the helm, the games were impressived and
would've continued.
and then there is the Amiga chipset, would Amiga have pulled the same
stunt if Warner had stayed at the helm, would the 1850XL based on
Lorraine have been released and I have engineer notes taking about
"advance game system based on Amiga chipset" Imagine a gaming platform
in 1985 with the power of the Amiga behind it, it would've been like
having NEO GEO 10 years earlier.
Now where did I put that time machine....
;-)
Curt
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
...and that's exactly what had happened, on
August 13, 1984 Atari filed
breach of contract against Amiga, the suit was settled in a closed
agreement in 1987.
Also Warner had to adjust the sale price to the Tramiels for Atari since
they Amiga chips were part of the sale to Tramiel Technologies, Limited.
"Business is war." ;)
I have no sympathy for Tramiel.