Cost of Atari Falcon when it came out?

[runequester]

A bit of google didn't net me anything, so wondering if anyone had a reasonable ballpark cost for the Atari Falcon when it came out?

[bloodline]

A bit of google didn't net me anything, so wondering if anyone had a reasonable ballpark cost for the Atari Falcon when it came out?

It was sold for £100 more than the A1200 in the UK... Which I think would have put it about £400 (the A1200 was £299) IIRC...

[nicholas]

I bought my A1200 for £400 on the day of release and the Falcon was £500.

[ajlwalker]

It's amazing how people's recollections are different.

I'm certain the falcon was £599 on release in the UK.  I think £100 difference on the A1200 would not be enough to cover the 030, DSP, and hard disk.

[save2600]

Also amazing how there's absolutely no word online whatsoever what the MSRP was, let alone cost of various configurations. It's almost as if the Falcon never existed or at least, wasn't sold. HA!

Power without the price indeed!  :lol:

[runequester]

Well, at either 5-600 dollars it wasn't a bad deal at all compared to a mac, I imagine
 
Save2600: That's pretty funny. Thanks

[Franko]

Definetaly recall seeing it at £599 in Dixons many many moons ago...

Pretty sure I came across a TV ad for it recently in my search for old Commodore ads, need to try and find it again...

[magnetic]

I'm not sure but the local Commodore and Amiga user group in LA had a running Jaguar with games in the box and a falcon

[save2600]

I'm certain the falcon was £599 on release in the UK.  I think £100 difference on the A1200 would not be enough to cover the 030, DSP, and hard disk.

I just read how, despite having a 16mhz 030 inside, the Falcon was still based on the ST's 16-bit architecture. Blech. Talk about a poorboy's 030 computer or better yet... The Atari Falcon: Choking a faux 32-bit chicken.  :lol:

What's truly amazing is what both Commodore and Atari tried to peddle, in their later years to the public. Reminds me of this great song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRiLYImveAE

[nicholas]

Definetaly recall seeing it at £599 in Dixons many many moons ago...

Pretty sure I came across a TV ad for it recently in my search for old Commodore ads, need to try and find it again...

Wasn't there two models of Falcon?

[Franko]

Wasn't there two models of Falcon?

Not sure, I knew it only lasted a short time but didn't realise it was only one year until I read this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Falcon

[dentunes]

Extra Features of the Falcon: 68030 processor @ 16 Mhz, 65,000 colors @ 640x480, 1.44 meg floppy drive, 4 meg RAM (expandable to 14), internal 65 meg hard drive, DSP processor, SCSI-2 port, Price: $1,299.

This is US price and listed at http://www.ataritimes.com/system.php?System=Atari-ST

[Franko]

Wow... that screenshot of the Falcons desktop makes 1.2 & 1.3 look modern in comparison...

[dentunes]

GEM wasn't necessarily a nice looking operating system. Atari really rocked for MIDI and music though.

[Franko]

I've heard over the years a lot of folk say that, seems It was quite popular amongst many professional musicians, although I can't say personally I've ever heard anything that was produced on it...