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From: AMONSON@IDCSVAX.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re:  Re:  My new Turbo-816
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Date: 30 Jun 89 03:42:00 GMT
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Gary,

        Thanks for the address but I am reconsidering because of cost.  I am
not rich and I think I need a new disk drive.  Mine is beginning to break
down (sometimes it just quits and I have to jar it to get it working again!).
Its an old (1983) and WELL used 1050.  I can't complain, it lasted longer
than I first thought it would (it gets real heavy use).  So I think I will get
a 551 and wait to see what improvements are made in the Turbo-816, or in its
price.


Charles,

        Currently I have a Atari 800XL w/ 256K (Rambo), a 1050 disk drive
(almost), a Star NX1000 printer w/ P:R: Connection, and a used Mercury modem
(1200 baud).  I am running MYDOS 4.5 and am considering SDX (input wanted on
SDX!!).  I have read the reviews and am disappointed that ICD decided to go
to a MS-DOS style after MS-DOS started going towards a UNIX like shell.  I am
a UNIX guru so would have been more happy with a UNIX like interface.  I don't
know about you but I've worked on CMS, VMS, MS-DOS, UNIX (both system V and
Berkley), and Atari DOSes.  And, although its not perfect, UNIX is the best of
all of them.
        So what does your system consist of?  Do you own SDX?  I would like to
know about it from a REAL user and not a review in some magazine.

                                        Paul Amonson
                                        BITNET: AMONSON@IDCSVAX

P.S.  Oh, and thanks for any help you (or anyone) can give me.