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From: ritchie@hpldola.HP.COM (Dave Ritchie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Re: Empire v.3 / Empire II Information
Message-ID: <11830052@hpldola.HP.COM>
Date: 8 Sep 89 22:57:16 GMT
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>	I don't know about the rest of you Atari guys, but I'm beginning
>to look just a little bit closer at those clones.  I'll be walking
>around the electronics section at some department store and there's 
>some "Clones 'R' Us" computer for $799.99999999999... and I start
>thinking "Gee, imagine having a choice of 14,000 games without driving
>more than a mile from my home.  Imagine getting on any one of 17,000
>BBS's with programs for my machine without dialing long distance..."
>
>	Well, I'm still hangin' in there with my old Atari but Dan's
>analysis makes you wonder if its just a matter of time before the 
>Atari ST finds itself in that special place reserved for obsolete
>computers whose architecture was left behind.  There you'll find
>the TRS-80, the Commodore 64 and many other fine machines.
>
>				  Ron Abramson
>				  rona@hpdml92!hpdml93!hplabs

  This must be the time to announce the ultimate ST accessory - ST Ditto,
the plug in card that allows you to emulate the ST on your AT/XT. Coming
soon to a store near you. ;^> 
				Dave Ritchie