Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!olivea!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!rpi!uupsi!cci632!ritcsh!ultb!kmm2765 From: kmm2765@isc.rit.edu (K.M. Mosiejczuk ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: STE's in Europe..lack of SIMMS Summary: Overenthusiasm Message-ID: <1990Dec8.211743.12154@isc.rit.edu> Date: 8 Dec 90 21:17:43 GMT References: <3974@syma.sussex.ac.uk> Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology Lines: 40 In article <3974@syma.sussex.ac.uk> grahamt@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Graham Thomas) writes: >From article , by dh@tardis.cs.ed.ac.uk: >> >> Here in Europe, Atari are now shipping some STE's with soldered in RAM. >> Forgive me if i'm wrong, but was one of the plus points of the STE not the >> easy memory upgrades using SIMM's? >> >> I reckon Atari are peeved that people are buying 520STE's and pluggin in >> extra SIMM modules. Atari would rather people buy the 1040STE. >> However, there is no difference between the 520STE and 1040STE apart from >> the larger memory...so why splash out extra dosh for a 1040STE? >> > >Can Atari really be so stupid? Can they really? Is it possible that they >want to disable one of the best features of the STE, just to >'differentiate the market'? > Actually, I heard there were a couple reasons for why there was soldered RAM in your STs. Neither of these had to do with the 520ST problem. First, Atari wanted to get these puppies out as quickly as possible, if they had to use soldered in DRAMs, fine. This may not have been a great move, but Atari got the computers out more quickly. And you cannot honestly say that you wouldn't have griped if the first STEs were delayed more. Second, at least for our European friend, I heard that there was some sort of a lack of SIMMs over in Europe. I am not positive of this and maybe someone can back me up or tell me I am wrong. Besides, I thought that while the SIMMs upgradeability was a good feature, the stereo sound and graphics palette of 4096 colors were the two most major enhancements. My friend just received his STE and the sound was incredible. Anyway, now you can make your questions, comments, or cheap shots. [steepnig down from podeum] -- *---------------------------------------------------------------------* ! "But what man is entirely without evil intent in the ! ! silence of his soul?" -- Pawn of Prophecy ! ! by David Eddings !