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From: mjs@hpfcso.HP.COM (Marc Sabatella)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: about to buy - Stacy & music
Message-ID: <7340037@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 20 Nov 90 23:57:45 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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>I am about to purchase a Stacy for use use with some music projects of mine.

I got some answers, although a few more phone calls are what got me most of my
information.

>1. Spectre GCR and midi.

No word on this still.

>2. Laserjet output from music typesetting software.

Dr. T's laser output is not all that much better than EZScore's dot marix.

There is a package in the UK called "Take Controls Music Publisher".

Encore, a Mac program, has been ported to the ST, and it seems very full
featured, although it doesn't have tightly integrated sequencing as does Dr. T
and Notator.  Still no word on whether Notator supports Laserjet's yet - their
tech support guy hasn't called me back.

>3. Can you use an accelerator in the Stacy?

Yes, Turbo16 from Fast Technologies.

>4. What about this rumored third party battery pack?

No word here.