Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!boingo.med.jhu.edu!haven!wam!charlie From: charlie@wam.umd.edu (Charles William Fletcher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Just gripin'... Message-ID: <1990Nov29.211142.10967@wam.umd.edu> Date: 29 Nov 90 21:11:42 GMT References: <249@stbimbo.UUCP> Sender: usenet@wam.umd.edu (USENET Posting) Reply-To: charlie@wam.umd.edu (Charles William Fletcher) Organization: University of Maryland at College Park Lines: 25 In article mg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Paul Greelish) writes: >The ST is dying. If you want virtually anything for it, you'll have to >mail order it. Living in a big city does help, however. J&R Music World >in New York (I live in NJ, when I'm not in college in Pittsburgh) is one >of the few major stores I've seen that still support the ST... although >even their support is dying, the software section is 1/3 the size it was >3 years ago and the hardware section has all but disappeared. > >Get a Mac, not an IBM. IBMs are for corporate fascists, and besides, >Macs are better (ease of use, etc.) Apple isn't about to fade into the >woodwork like Atari periodically does. If you can't afford a Mac (get at >least a IIsi, not a Classic (yuk, same slow processor as an ST, and 9" >mono "graphics")) then get a Spectre GCR (wait for Version 3.0.) Unfortunately I have to agree--CalCom, the biggest Atari dealer here in the DC area, has closed and gone to mail-order. There are now 3 Atari dealers in the area, and one of those is mostly emulation stuff. I blame Atari management, but I won't go on with all that. But, if you have an educational discount, check out the NeXTStation- it is the natural step from an ST. -Charlie