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From: jonka@microsoft.UUCP (Jonathan KAGLE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: I have a dream ....
Message-ID: <54977@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 31 May 90 18:37:59 GMT
References: <1990May29.203020.28441@pmsmam.uucp>
Reply-To: jonka@microsoft.UUCP (Jonathan KAGLE)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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In article <1990May29.203020.28441@pmsmam.uucp> wwm@pmsmam.uucp (Bill Meahan) writes:
>Dave Small manufactures a new motherboard/box for the Atari with a 25-Mhz
>68030, an EISA bus (that actually WORKS with cheap, available PC interface/
>memory boards), at least 2 serial ports (one with 8530 controller for Ham
>Packet), full, REAL SCSI, capable of booting a UNIX (or look-alike) OS
>that runs TOS as a GUEST process so most, if not all, of my software
>collection is still usable. Plus X11R4, 16 MB RAM capacity, Spectre GCR
>built in (or available as a simple plug-in option).

The question is where you would fit the ST into all of this.  It seems that the
only pieces of hardware that are NOT replaced are the keyboard, mouse, floppy,
and video display (and of course you want 24-bit 1Kx1K, z-buffered graphics, 
no?).  Seems like you are looking for a new computer.

       -Jonathan

P.S.  Keep the ST to run all of your old software.  Even better, put it in a
      "compatibility" box.  :-)