Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!tut!hydra!hylka!jalkio From: JALKIO@cc.helsinki.fi (Jouni Alkio) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: TT's VME-slots Message-ID: <1189@cc.helsinki.fi> Date: 29 Oct 89 22:14:27 GMT References: <4675ca0d.14a1f@force.UUCP> <1160@cc.helsinki.fi> <801@carroll1.UUCP> Lines: 27 In article <801@carroll1.UUCP>, dnewton@carroll1.UUCP (Dave 'C is cool, but what about LOGO?' Newton) writes: > In article <1160@cc.helsinki.fi> JALKIO@cc.helsinki.fi (Jouni Alkio) writes: >>In article <4675ca0d.14a1f@force.UUCP>, covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) writes: >>> But, I will NEVER buy another computer from Atari. Especially >>> a closed system like the TT/P. One lousy short VME card slot >>> does not make an OPEN system. you need 5 or more. One slot >>> just guarantees that no one will design for it. Lack of resources. >>What do you need those 5 or more slots for. (And please don't answer: >>"internal modems, hard-disks, etc", because that's only a cosmetic issue.) > > Well, AD/DA cards, interrupt cards (for process control), parallel output > cards, co-processors (i.e. high-speed DSP's, _Transputers_, an 80386 machine > for doing DOS if you must), and probably some I can't think about. Well, I still don't think you'll need that many (over 5) slots. It would be nice if the TT/P had more than one slot, but that would certaily raise its price. You could wait for the TT/X (I think it'll have more VME-slots). I think it is nice that there are options to choose from. If you want a cheap 68030 machine you can buy the TT/P. And it is possible that there'll be some slot expansions, too. (You can build the Mega ST's VME-bus for the 1040ST's if you want now.) And some of the devices above could be connected otherwise than in the VME-slot. If you can afford using all those devices at once, you certainly can afford buying a more expensive host computer! Jouni Alkio