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From: soh@shiva.trl.oz (kam hung soh)
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Subject: Re: Time for a New Computer: Should it be an Atari ST?
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Date: 26 Jul 90 22:06:08 GMT
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colas@avahi.inria.fr (Colas Nahaboo) writes:

[ ... reply to question on upgrade from CoCo3 to Atari ST ...]

>In my opinion, get a taiwanese 386 PC VGA compatible. That's the route I will
>follow as soon as they will cost less than the price I payed my first ST,
>about $1500 (now you have a 286 for this price). I had STs for the past three
>years, enjoyed them, but their time is counted... The amiga may survive since
>it has a credible successor with the A3000, but it is much more expensive than
>PC-compatibles for non professional graphic uses.

Speaking from Melbourne, Commodore dealers have reduced the price of
a 68020 upgrade for the Amiga 2000 by as much as a third in
anticipation of the Amiga 3000.  It is now possible to get an Amiga
with as much grunt as a 386 VGA machine with windowing software.
(NO!  No wars here! If you want to dissuade me, send email!)

As an aside:  have you noticed that when people compare IBM-clones
with either the Atari ST or Amigas, they thoughtfully neglect to
mention how much it costs to get a mouse, windowing software, a fast
graphics card, an operating system that multitasks, and enough memory
to get it working?  My impression is that buying a IBM-clone with all
the add-ons and legitimate software would cost more than an
equivalent Amiga or ST.

Second aside:  I read a rather biased article in some so-called
professional magazine (it was so biased I forgot the title) about
animation on the Apple Mac.  It started with the writer wondering why
the Mac couldn't do colour animation like the Amigas, and ended with
a recommendation to buy a 24-bit colour card for the Mac II.  That
writer (again, thoughtfully) forgot to mention how much such a colour
card would cost, and concluded by saying that Mac users now had the
same opportunities as Amiga users in doing animation.

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