Xref: utzoo comp.sys.atari.st:31066 comp.sys.amiga:66516 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!jimmy From: jimmy@unix.cis.pitt.edu (James G Tauberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Toothless Byte (Re: TT desktop & prices) Message-ID: <40357@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Date: 21 Sep 90 03:03:25 GMT References: <49561@brunix.UUCP> <2288@atari.UUCP> <14445@cbmvax.commodore.com> <82@maxx.UUCP> Reply-To: jimmy@unix.cis.pitt.edu (James G Tauberg) Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Services Lines: 34 In article <82@maxx.UUCP> tyager@maxx.UUCP (Tom Yager) writes: >In article <14445@cbmvax.commodore.com>, daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes: >> >Hopefully, the TT will get a more thorough review. >> > >Atari has a reputation of being uncooperative with non-Atari-specific mags. We >have never, to my knowledge, gotten a review unit of ANY recent Atari machine. >We ask, brother do we ask, but we never get a response. "We have never, to my knowledge, gotten a review unit..." I guess it all depends on your definition of "recent Atari machine." ------------------- Check these issues: ------------------- March 1986 Vol. 11, No. 3 issue of Byte. "Product Preview: The Atari 1040 ST" by Phillip Robinson and Jon R. Edwards Two Byte editors take a look at Atari's new $999 1-megabyte machine pg. 84 June 1986 (no Vol. no No.) issue of Byte. REVIEWS: "THE ATARI 520ST" by Eric jensen A good engine for bit-mapped graphics, pg. 233 Thought you might like to know, Jim Tauberg