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Subject: Re: TT disk, memory upgrades (was Re: TT sales)
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Date: 30 Jan 91 13:47:35 GMT
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In article <38650@cup.portal.com>, Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
> Apple and
> IBM Corp don't force you into buying what *they* want to sell you.

Remember this bit of stupidity as I answer Bob's questions below...

> Why would Atari design the TT with memory "daughterboards" you can only
> obtain from Atari otherwise..?

Probably the same reason that Apple designed the Macintosh so that it was not
'upgradeable' except through hardware hacks.  Know how much it cost to convert
a 128K Mac to a 512K Mac?  $900.  Know how much it cost to convert a 512K Mac
to a 1 Meg Mac?  $900.  Business practices appear to indicate that Atari is
following the well-trod path of Apple at this point in time.

> Why would Atari insist on selling you the hard drive THEY want to sell?

Probably the same reason that Apple insisted on selling you the hard drive THEY
wanted to sell -- until someone found a way to do things differently, and Apple
made enough money in market share to give up the hard-drive business.

> Just another example of how Atari Corp will always remain a backwater
> "other" computer company.

Like Apple Computer Corp.

Sigh...  Bob, why don't you go buy a Macintosh and plage someplace like
comp.sys.mac?  Your blood pressure would sure enjoy the change of place. 
You're recent posts have been pretty apoplectic.

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David Paschall-Zimbel		davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu