Re: ATARIbox

From	Francois LE COAT <lecoat@atari.org>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.atari.st
Subject	Re: ATARIbox
Date	2017-09-28 18:22 +0200
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Hi,

David Wade writes:
> Francois LE COAT wrote:
>> Arachide writes:
>>>>>>>> <http://mailchi.mp/ataribox/first-look-ataribox-design-36241?e=18cf7cf002>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We already love it !
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "we" ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Not me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You're a special case.
>>>>>
>>>>> Compared to who?
>>>>
>>>> To me.
>>>
>>> So you can be the special case.
>>> Compared to me.
>>
>> I don't think so ;-)
>>
>>>> You never had a console. So you don't know anything about consoles.
>>>> You're a special case, because almost everybody knows about consoles.
>>>> You don't.
>>>
>>> This doesn't remove the brain I have.
>>> And the question is : what can you do with this console that you can't
>>> do with a standard PC/Linux and emulators?
>>>
>>> Guillaume.
>>
>> You're speaking about PC (or Mac ...) but ATARIbox is not a PC, but
>> a console. So what you can't do with another console (Xbox, PlayStation,
>> Switch ...) is developing contents, like you usually can do with a PC.
>> That means ATARIbox is good for playing, have multimedia but furthermore
>> ATARI owners will be able to develop, as it was possible on ATARI ST.
>>
>> Think about it =)
>
> I did (think about it) and personally I think its a cynical attempt to
> make money out of an historic brand without adding too much content.
>
> There has been very little information on what is coming. There is
> absolutely no solid information on the AtariBox web site. There are a
> couple of pictures but no info at all.
>
> More info was promised within two months in July. Nothing has appeared.
> This seems very like the Atari of old..
>
> .. I would love to be proven wrong, and for a wonderful product to
> appear, but I won't be holding my breath....
>
> Dave

According to the above information, we know a little more for now on.
That tells us the ATARIbox' owners will be able to develop with a
dedicated hardware. It'll be our time to make ATARI great again :-)

-- 
François LE COAT
Author of Eureka 2.12 (2D Graph Describer, 3D Modeller)
http://eureka.atari.org/

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ATARIbox Ice_Breaker@particlesbbs.dyndns.org - 2017-06-21 11:03 +0000
  Re: ATARIbox Arachide <houten.van@orange.fr> - 2017-06-21 14:33 +0200
    Re: ATARIbox Francois LE COAT <lecoat@atari.org> - 2017-06-23 18:18 +0200
      Re: ATARIbox Arachide <houten.van@orange.fr> - 2017-06-24 09:04 +0200
        Re: ATARIbox Francois LE COAT <lecoat@atari.org> - 2017-06-24 11:40 +0200
          Re: ATARIbox Arachide <houten.van@orange.fr> - 2017-06-25 08:09 +0200
            Re: ATARIbox Francois LE COAT <lecoat@atari.org> - 2017-06-25 12:01 +0200
              Re: ATARIbox Arachide <houten.van@orange.fr> - 2017-06-25 12:10 +0200
                Re: ATARIbox Francois LE COAT <lecoat@atari.org> - 2017-07-17 16:10 +0200
                Re: ATARIbox Francois LE COAT <lecoat@atari.org> - 2017-09-26 18:45 +0200
                Re: ATARIbox Arachide <houten.van@orange.fr> - 2017-09-26 18:47 +0200
                Re: ATARIbox Francois LE COAT <lecoat@atari.org> - 2017-09-26 19:49 +0200
                Re: ATARIbox Arachide <houten.van@orange.fr> - 2017-09-27 08:31 +0200
                Re: ATARIbox Francois LE COAT <lecoat@atari.org> - 2017-09-27 18:22 +0200
                Re: ATARIbox Arachide <houten.van@orange.fr> - 2017-09-27 19:18 +0200
                Re: ATARIbox Francois LE COAT <lecoat@atari.org> - 2017-09-27 19:39 +0200
                Re: ATARIbox Arachide <houten.van@orange.fr> - 2017-09-27 22:29 +0200
                Re: ATARIbox Francois LE COAT <lecoat@atari.org> - 2017-09-27 22:50 +0200
                Re: ATARIbox Arachide <houten.van@orange.fr> - 2017-09-28 08:04 +0200
                Re: ATARIbox Francois LE COAT <lecoat@atari.org> - 2017-09-28 18:13 +0200
                Re: ATARIbox Arachide <houten.van@orange.fr> - 2017-09-27 22:30 +0200
                Re: ATARIbox David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2017-09-28 14:23 +0100
                Re: ATARIbox Francois LE COAT <lecoat@atari.org> - 2017-09-28 18:22 +0200

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