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From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TT vs 386 boxes and Apples
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Date: 28 Oct 89 08:31:58 GMT
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Jouni Alkio says:
>I think Atari has done a great job bringing computers affordable. Even
>if I should wait for my new computer a bit longer, it's worth the effort
>because I can get it many times cheaper than from other manufacturers.
 
True... you can probably get a PDP 8  pretty cheaply now.. or maybe a 
KIM-1 single board computer.. 
 
Unfortunately, Atari Corp seems to have an almost eerie talent for bringing
us yesterday's technology at today's prices..  
 
If you wait ( and wait, and wait, and wait) for Atari Corp to stop playing
"games" with PC pocket clones and video games and to begin seriously
addressing their neglected computer market, you'll probably also have one of
the few "nonstandard" computers left in the world...
 
 
Will your company's President approve a purchase order for "Atari Computers"
because they make the "third rate" video games in the world..?
 
BobR