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From: cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Christopher M Mauritz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: comp.sys.atari.tt?
Message-ID: <1990Jun12.132224.14479@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 12 Jun 90 13:22:24 GMT
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In article <1990Jun11.211750.12359@cbnewsd.att.com> tainter@cbnewsd.att.com (johnathan.tainter) writes:
>In article <Y|}$A=*@rpi.edu> kibo@pawl15.pawl.rpi.edu (James 'Kibo' Parry) writes:
>>[]
>>	About half the articles in comp.sys.atari.st lately have included
>>'TT' or '030' in their subject lines.

Though I suspect only about half of the articles actually talked about
the TT.

>
>Still not enough volume.  Besides most of this has not been TT it has been
>TT vs. Amiga '030 flame wars.

I don't think this is the case at all.  A few ST users and a few Amiga users
posted specs on the A3000 as a comparison of what was expected
performance-wise from the TT.  Then a few die-hard Atari love-it-orleave-it
babies turned on the flame throwers.  Finally, Dave Haynie came in and
dispelled a lot of the misinformation being spread by these same
flamers.

>There are already three news groups where
>this is appropriate (your mileage may vary), alt.flame, talk.religion.misc
>and talk.abortion.

Well, I think the 2 machines preach to the same audience so I don't
think it is too blasphenous to discuss them in the same posting do you?
I think the actual flame content of this discussion has been rather
limited compared to prior experinces.

>
>I don't think a system which is not yet available, is only sort of defined,
>and which will probably never see sales in the U.S. (all do respect to
>the international contingent but the U.S. constitutes the major volume of
>toy computer sales) is really going to sustain a whole newgroup for very long
>until by some off chance it really does get sold.

No argument there.  Even IF the machine is sold, I don't think there
will be enough sold to sustain a newsgroup IMHO.

>
>>	Who's going to porpose comp.sys.atari.tt?
>
>porpose?   porpose: v., to return an air breathing mammal to ocean life, maybe?!

Now now....That's not nice. hehe... :-)

>
>>james "kibo" parry, 138 birch lane, scotia, ny 12302 <-- close to schenectady.
>
>--johnathan.a.tainter--
>   att!ihlpb!tainter

Chris

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