Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!jarthur!petunia!csuchico.edu!ekrimen From: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: STe vs std ST Keywords: atari Message-ID: <1990Nov09.023828.26229@ecst.csuchico.edu> Date: 9 Nov 90 02:38:28 GMT References: <1541@beguine.UUCP> <1990Nov8.143322.5066@lonex.radc.af.mil> Sender: news@ecst.csuchico.edu (USENET) Organization: California State University, Chico Lines: 42 jlong@radc.af.mil (Jeff Long) writes: - I have the opportunity to swap my 1040ST with TOS1.4 chips in it for - a 1040STe. The only real advantage I can see to making the swap \ - is that I was going to upgrade to 4 meg soon, and it should be - easier with the SIMMS in the STe over an expansion board for the ST. I bought my STe for the TOS upgrade and easy memory expansion. I wanted Rainbow TOS and I was going to get a RAM upgrade sooner or later. TOS 1.4 costs over $100 locally. A RAM upgrade, who knows? It would cost more than I want to think about. I sold my unexpanded, 1988 1040ST for $450 at the end of July 1990 and bought an STe for $600. So, that's a $150 TOS upgrade. Plus I got all the other features of the STe, like stereo sound, blitter (no biggie), 4096-colors(no biggie yet), plus a brand new computer. When I want to upgrade to 2megs, it'll cost me less than $90. - What I really worry about, is that the ST is a 1986 vintage - and has given me good service and the new STe's are an unknown. They aren't an unknown. (Maybe to you perhaps.) I really like my STe. Wouldn't exchange it for anything but a TT. And that includes a Mac; I'd sell the Mac and use the money for my STe. - What incompatibility problems are going to bite me?? If you play games, there are a few that don't work. I haven't had any compatibility problems with the utilities I use. On the whole, the incompatibility problems are non-existant. - Are the new STe's shipping with the fixed TOS1.6 chips yet?? I - would hate to trash my Hard-drive with this thing!! The problems with the hard drives has been fixed for some time, and they weren't even due to TOS. I'm happily running a 50meg (ST-157N-1) ICD hard drive on my BBS with no problems. -- Ed Krimen ............................................... ||| Video Production Major, California State University, Chico ||| INTERNET: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu FREENET: al661 / | \ SysOp, Fuji BBS: 916-894-1261 FIDONET: 1:119/4.0