« on: January 02, 2011, 05:01:31 AM »
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?
The MSRP for the Falcon is unchanged since fall, with the
exception of the additonal pricing for two models: The Atari
Falcon030 with four megs of ram, and no hard disk will retail for
$999, and the 14 meg with 65 meg hard disk will retail for $1899.
http://www.atarimax.com/freenet/freenet_material/6.16and32-BitComputersSupportArea/8.OnlineMagazines/showarticle.php?355and also this:
Falcon030:
Atari's Falcon030 is a brand new product, not available in mass
quantities yet. It's style is almost exactly that of the 1040STe. The
only difference is that it has really dark gray keys, and Atari's name is
in rainbow colors. It comes with 1, 4, or 14 megs of memory, a 1.44
megabyte 3.5" high density floppy drive, and an optional internal 84 meg
IDE hard drive (that is only 2.5"!). Inside the machine, is a 16 mHz 68030,
Motorola's 32 bit chip (the 68040 is also 32bit, and even better than the
68030). It has a BLiTTER like in the STe's, however this BLiTTER is 16
mHz. It also has a chip from Motorola called the DSP chip (short for
Digital Signal Processor). This chip is used to add effects to sound,
compress images, act as a modem, or do any other kind of signal processing.
It runs at a full 32 mHz! It also has a port on the back of the computer
for such uses as a connector to a modular jack, so the DSP can act as a
modem. In terms of video, the Falcon can do almost anything you throw at
it. There are programs such as FalconScreen that will allow resolutions
greater than 800x600 with 256 colors! There are many modes available
through the new desktop. It allows for 40 or 80 column modes (320 or 640
lines across), and 200 or 400 lines down. On a ST Monitor, the 400 line
mode is interlaced, and on a VGA, it is accually 240/480. In terms of
sound quality, the Falcon can beat any CD Player. Also new is the desktop
with 16 color icons, and 3D buttons. It includes a MultiTasking program
called MultiTOS also. You can find a Falcon for $799 for 1 meg and no hard
drive, $1299 for a 4 meg and 84 meg hard drive, and $1899 for a 14 meg and
84 meg hard drive.
http://www.atarimax.com/freenet/freenet_material/6.16and32-BitComputersSupportArea/2AbouttheST,TT,andFalconComputers.phpso it looks like it was $799 for a base model with 1MB and no HD. Not too bad!
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