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From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TT
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Date: 13 Nov 89 06:44:20 GMT
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Steve Whitney sez:
 
>THANK YOU Atari.  It appears to me that you've been listening to what people
>want.  What have been the main complaints against the ST hardware?

>	1) Memory not expandable:  Taken care of in TT

Yes, thank you Atari.. .this only took since 1985
 
>	2) ACSI instead of SCSI: Taken care of, means cheaper disk drives
 
Yes again thank you.. only 4 years to come up to industry standards.
 
>	3) Only one serial port: Taken care of
 
Again, thank you.. my 8-bit Atari has only had 4 serial ports since 1979
 
>Most of the rest of the complaints are software-oriented.  Give Atari time.

Yes.. let's give Atari time.. after all, it took them 4 years to upgrade the
operating system in the ST, and they still can't seem to fix GDOS, so let's
give them time.  Maybe by the turn of the century they'll be able to come
up to 1980's standards.
 
>They have said unofficially, with no commitment to a target release date
>that there will eventually be a multitasking TOS.  Someday.  Not tomorrow.
>Unix should be available sooner.
 
I've also heard that someday pigs would fly... maybe with Atari controlled
computers..?  Seems to me that I've heard about multitasking Operating System
on other computers *now*...  Not tomomorrow.. Now..  
 
Maybe a better advertising slogan for Atari would be:
 
"Someday, Over the Rainbow"
 
BobR