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From: swood@vela.acs.oakland.edu (  EVENSONG Music)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Re: wouldn't it be nice (DRIVEL once again).
Message-ID: <2978@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
Date: 12 Sep 90 15:21:52 GMT
References: <100.26ee3fa2@vx24.cc.monash.edu.au>
Reply-To: swood@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Scott W. Wood  -  EVENSONG Music)
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI
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In article <100.26ee3fa2@vx24.cc.monash.edu.au> you write:
>
>      bet you're sorry that you bought STs
>       i mean, wouldn't i be nice to have a blitter that will be used
>	wouldn't it be nice to be able to scroll properly
>	 wouldn't it be nice to have 4096 colours on the screen at once
>	  wouldn't it be nice to have 16 channel stereo sound
>	   wouldn't it be nice to have 880k disk drives
>	    wouldn't it be nice.
>		should have bought an AMIGA.
>
>
>
>		COMMODORE RULES 
>			TOS is tos
>				the ATARI ST sux.
>
>						Petra.
You forget ATari's #1 option. It does not have a $3000 price tag!
swood
PS.  I don't need 4096 colors, as the most I have ever seen used is less than
128 even on DecStation gifviewers, and for less than you paid for your set 
up, I got an ST, a sequencer software, a MIDI workstation, and a Kawai K1 II.
Giving me 8 channel Stereo Synthesis from 256 selectable waveforms, access to
over 1000 pre-programmed sounds, a drum machine, delay and reverb effects, as
well as song writing and performance ability - oh, not to mention full midi
control of all my midi devices.

Gee, and I got a pretty good (not great, but pretty good) in the deal too.
I guess it is all in the way you look at it!

BTW - cost break down

	I got the cpu from a going out of business sale (it was out
	on loan for a repair customer for less than 2 weeks - but it
	came back on the last day they were open so they wanted to 
	move it fast) for $250 (STfm +.5 M for a 1Meg of memory, +
	internal 756 k ds 3 1/2) BTW STfm includes a rf modulator,
	so it spared me a monitor cost.  I then got a simple sequencer,
	a 3d graphics program, and a basic disc thrown in for free, as 
	well as purchasing a $229 MIDI workstation for $50

	The K1, and connecting MIDI cables/audio cables came up to
	about $650 Brand pankin' gnu

;-)

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