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From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: A positive note..!
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Date: 27 Nov 89 05:17:21 GMT
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Well, it finally happened.. I managed to dig out something positive about
Atari and the newly announced Atari products.
 
One of my pet peeves has been the closed ended, non-expandable design of
the ST when it comes to memory.  Apparently Atari has done an about-face
on this issue though.  The product announcements for the STE indicate that
the computer will be internally expandable to the 4Megabyte RAM limit
through the use of SIMM modules.
 
This means an end to the kludges necessary to upgrade the amount of memory
in an ST... no more "double-sided sticky tape", no more "piggybacking" chips
or DIP headers.  Assuming Atari goes with industry standard SIMM modules
this means that expanding memory will be as easy as opening the case and
plugging in a relatively inexpensive little module.
 
I haven't gotten too excited over the sound or graphics of the STE, but
this easy expandablility of memory is a good enough reason for me to consider
buying an STE.
 
Good job, Atari..!
 
BobR