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From: JALKIO@cc.helsinki.fi (Jouni Alkio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Life with Atari
Message-ID: <1110@cc.helsinki.fi>
Date: 25 Oct 89 10:02:22 GMT
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In article <466bd5b7.14a1f@force.UUCP>, covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) writes:
> 
> So, just *WHAT* has ATARI released in the last 3 years?? 
> First, they came out with the Mega ST line. The Megas could have been a great
> chance for Atari to increase color graphics and/or sound (ala the VaporWare
> 1040STE). the Mega could have been a chance for Atari to provide a wide open
> computer with plenty of open card slots. The Mega could have been a chance for Atari
> to fix some hardware problems (like why didn't Atari add a DMA port buffer so that
> you can drive 2 external harddrives AND the SLM804 laser printer?). The Mega
> could have been expandable from 2 megabytes to 4 megabytes. The BLitter chip could
> have had ALL of the features that were originally promised 3 years ago. Needless
> to say, none of these things were done, and the Mega was promised to be a
> "Business" computer, so they should have been done. Cost would be a minor
> consideration when buying a Top Of The Line computer.

I think that the Mega ST's are the worst ataris in price/performace this
far. BUT, I have understood that Atari isn't going to make any totally
non-affordable business stuff. "Power without the Price". I'm judging a
computer's value as a private user. (You can represent the business
world, of course.)

And why hasn't Apple made any Top Of The Line (and Top Expensive) super-
computers for the bosses' desks?

> 
> As far as other companies supporting the Atari: where are Microsoft, Lotus,
> WORDSTAR, Dbase?? where are all of the IBM software companies?? If the
> ST was a viable market those companies, and more, would be fighting to
> grab a piece of the ST market. Nope, none of them are marketing ANY ST
> software. That speaks volumes for the US ST market!!

I cuold as well name several companies supporting ONLY the ST! They
don't make any programs for IBM:s!  
> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>> Andrew Semple                               ads@uwovax.uwo.ca
>> 2nd Year Applied Math/Computer Science      Andrew.Semple@uwovax.uwo.ca
>   ^^^^^^^^
>> The University of Western Ontario           Semple@uwovax.BITNET
>> London, Ontario
>> Canada
> 
> Oh, that explains it!! An experienced computer engineer with YEARS of
> real world experience!! And andrew lives in Canada, so he gets new Atari
> stuff before us lower Americans!!

What do you mean by that real world experience? Can you really know
everything about a person's experience just seeing how long he has studied?
And this is a word-wide system, after all.

						Jouni Alkio