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From: clf3678@ultb.UUCP (C.L. Freemesser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Amiga and ST Reliability
Summary: Thumbs up for the ST!
Message-ID: <1180@ultb.UUCP>
Date: 27 Aug 89 21:20:24 GMT
References: <65.24F67146@metnet.FIDONET.ORG>
Reply-To: clf3678@ultb.UUCP (C.L. Freemesser)
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Information Systems
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In article <65.24F67146@metnet.FIDONET.ORG> Mark.Johnson@metnet.FIDONET.ORG (Mark Johnson) writes:
>Sounds like your store had a virus.
> 
>As for the Amiga's screen graphics: That's okay for DTV, but that it a 
>very limited focus of applications. I'm more interested in DTP, Power 
>spread sheets and databases and wordprocessors. Additionally if I 
>wanted to use a CLI I could go to work and clunk around on the Z248's 
>and laptops and PS/2's. I chose the desktop and prefer to use what I 
>paid for (how many Amiga users actually use the workbench?)
>
I'll put in my two cents about the ST's reliability.

I've had my 520ST for over 2 years now.  As I'm an incurable tinkerer,
I have had my ST open MANY times, and have hacked on it quite a bit.
Not ONCE has it gone down on me!  I've put in a memory upgrade, clock
chip, extra audio ports, key operated power switch, and have
disconnected/reconnected the RF port.  I've basically hammered this 
machine (you can see the screw bottoms sticking up next to the
keyboard...I've opened it up ALOT).  It runs like a champ.

I've seen the Amiga 500.  If that isn't the ugliest piece of junk, I
don't know what is.  Who's idea was it to put the damn power switch on
the power supply?  Who wants the damn power supply sitting on the desk?
I sure don't.  PLUS, I hear these power supplies are quite marginal.
The huge AMIGA logo on the machine doesn't help either.  

I'll stay with my low profile 520, thank you very much.

Chris Freemesser, Rochester Institute of Technology | What I like :
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