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From: steve@thelake.UUCP (Steve Yelvington)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Richard, Richard, Richard! (was Re: Mega chips & drive questions)
Summary: I think Lewis Carroll made him up, like the Red Queen
Message-ID: <1104890110363128@thelake.UUCP>
Date: 4 Dec 89 07:10:36 GMT
References: <21653@brunix.UUCP> <24548@cup.portal.com> <1833@atari.UUCP> <472ae52a.14a1f@force.UUCP>
Reply-To: pwcs.StPaul.GOV!stag!thelake!steve
Followup-To: comp.sys.atari.st
Organization: Otter Lake Leisure Society (MN-USA)
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In article <472ae52a.14a1f@force.UUCP>,
     covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) describes a friend ... 

> ... He has a stock 1040ST ...

Then he says...

> ... Anyway, there he is sitting with a 2.5 meg 1040ST ... 

He quotes kbad@atari ...

>> if you hang anything but ROM's out there, you're asking for trouble.  It was
>> _designed_ this way, the intent of the cart port is to provide ROM space,
>> nothing else.

Immediately followed by...

> Ken, WHY was the cart port designed that way?? ...

Of course, there's ...

> ... I sold my SLM804 and am buying a Panasonic KX-P4450 laser printer. 
> Much faster (11 ppm vs, 8 ppm for the SLM) ...

followed by ...

> ... I know that the slm804 is faster than any other
> printer ...

But my very favorite is ...

> ... that is ONE reason why I refuse to buy the new TT. 

and 

>I am staying with the ST, and will try to buy a TT/p as a Registered Developer

Ieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

-- Steve Yelvington, up at the (frozen) lake in Minnesota        
   UUCP: ... pwcs.StPaul.GOV!stag!thelake!steve

PS: If you would fix your postnews and/or install a .sig file with a valid
mail address, maybe people would razz you without posting it to the entire
flipping planet.